Throughout its history, the FBI has deployed teams to various types of situations.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has a lot of files. At the FBI’s Office of General Counsel, Attorney Joel Miller says you may read some of them under the Congress-approved Freedom of Information Act, FOIA.

The FBI investigates a variety of fraudulent investment schemes; many have the same common element.

Casey Szaflarski allegedly runs a multimillion-dollar video poker business for the Chicago mob.But he's the first to tell you he has a fuzzy memory. When lawyers in a civil case tried to figure out how much he was worth, he forgot to bring any financial documents -- even though he had been ordered

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times (IL)

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's landmark $433 million lawsuit against the firearms industry was dismissed Friday by a judge who said the mayor might do better to combat the gun crime plaguing the city through law enforcement methods and additional legislation. Cook County Circuit Judge Stephen

Publication: Herald-News (Joliet, IL)

A change in how you can request a file from the FBI. There’s now an electronic form, and it’s on the Internet. And there are thousands of files to choose from.

The 2009 Mortgage Fraud Report is out. Eulondra Griffith is chief of the Financial Institution Fraud Unit at FBI Headquarters and says this fraud is on the rise, with some of the most common types still around.

Fake phone calls are tying up people’s phone lines and the FBI is investigating. FBI Special Agent Christian Schorle describes Denial of Service attacks.

On Oct. 18, Illinois Appellate Court Justice Blanche M. Manning was administered the oath as a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Judge Manning was the fourth black and the fourth woman on that court in its 209 years. Judge Manning's struggles and route to this

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

The typical gambler on an Illinois riverboat is a wide-eyed, nicotine-stained hustler in search of the elusive big score. Or is it a mild-mannered retiree with a bucket full of quarters, arriving at a favorite boat among a herd of luxury motor coaches? Which is it - boisterous young men on a

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

The FBI’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, IAFIS, has 63 million subjects filed. Kim Delgreco is chief of the FBI’s Biometrics Services Section.

Based on FBI investigations, we know that the losses to investors are in the multi-billions of dollars.

When it was announced last year that Illinois casinos had joined forces in a responsible gaming program, the item that got the most attention was a casino-sponsored help line for problem gamblers. To talk to a representative, call (800) 522-4700. But the program is two-pronged. It's also designed

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

The FBI’s famed Top Ten list began March 14, 1950. In 1994, now retired FBI Agent Jeff Covington was in on the capture of a Top Ten fugitive--rapist/murderer Joseph Martin Luther Gardner.

"The Crisis Management Unit’s mission is to enhance the FBI’s ability to prepare for, respond to, and successfully resolve any sort of critical incident or major investigation."