Folly of the DayThe Warden of a Louisiana Prison Used an Electric Riot Shield to Shock 13 Handcuffed, Non-Resisting Prisoners. Then He and Four Supervisors Wrote False Official Reports About It. The Reports Are Now Separate Federal Crimes.
Wiley and four supervisors shocked 13 handcuffed, non-resisting prisoners with an electric riot shield, then collectively produced false official reports denying what happened — a cover strategy that simultaneously constituted separate federal crimes carrying up to 20 years each, provided documentary proof that each signatory knew the original conduct required concealment, and appears to have been authored by people who did not understand what official reports are for.
Source: KNOE News
The WireA UK Border Force Officer Was Convicted of Using His Home Office Immigration Database to Track Pro-Democracy Activists for Hong Kong Intelligence. MI5 Planted an Audio Bug. He Left a Fraudulent Warrant Card at the Scene.
Peter Wai used his Home Office database credentials to search for UK-based Hong Kong dissidents on behalf of a foreign government, was caught because MI5 had already planted a listening device, and discarded a fraudulent warrant card at the scene — which converted a covert digital intelligence operation into a case with audio recordings and physical evidence, which is a worse outcome than having no operation at all.
Source: Hong Kong Free Press
The WireThree Senior Officials at Sydney's City of Parramatta Council Were Referred to ICAC After Using the Council's Own IT Systems to Surveil Staff and Councillors, Manipulate Hiring, and Punish Internal Critics. They Named Their Operation 'Pink Ops.'
CEO Gail Connolly and two executives used the council's official email servers, IT systems, and institutional databases to conduct covert surveillance and manipulate personnel decisions — the same infrastructure that ICAC forensically audits when investigating institutional misconduct — having concluded, apparently, that operating through official channels was a form of operational cover.
Source: Inside State Government (Australia)
The WireA Federal Grand Jury Indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Charges, Alleging It Channeled $3 Million in Donor-Raised Anti-Extremism Funds to Individuals Connected to the KKK and Aryan Nations, Concealed Through Shell Companies Named 'Fox Photography' and 'Rare Books Warehouse'
The organization that has operated for decades as the nation's authoritative register of hate groups was indicted for allegedly routing anti-hate donor funds to KKK and Aryan Nations-connected individuals through dummy companies, which — if the allegations hold — represents a decade of confidence that the country's preeminent extremism monitor would not itself be subject to the kind of scrutiny it applied to others.
Source: National Law Review
LazyTownA U.S. Border Patrol Agent Submitted 399 Hours of Timecards Claiming Field Work. The FBI Set Up Surveillance Cameras. He Was at Home the Whole Time, Running His Personal Mail Business.
He submitted timecards asserting he was in the field for 399 hours while the FBI filmed him at home from a fixed surveillance position, which is a fraud that required no investigation beyond waiting for the cameras to record another day — the only variable was how long he intended to continue claiming hours he was not working.
Source: Texas Border Business
The FaithfulHe Deleted All the Texts From His iPhone. He Did Not Delete Them From His Apple Watch, Which Was Synced to the Same Account. His Girlfriend Found 20 Active Conversations With Different Women.
He deleted his texts from his phone, assessed the situation as resolved, and handed it over — having accurately modeled every relevant fact about the investigation except the existence of his Apple Watch, which is the device he was wearing on his wrist at the time.
Source: LADbible