FBI And Other Agencies Paid Informants $548 Million In Recent Years With Many Committing Authorized Crimes

[Antiliar]

FBI And Other Agencies Paid Informants $548 Million In Recent Years With Many Committing Authorized Crimes

Federal agencies paid out at least $548 million to informants working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), in recent years, according to government audits.

A few informants became millionaires, with some Amtrak and “parcel” delivery workers making nearly $1 million or more.
Many informants were authorized to commit “crimes” with the permission of their federal handlers. In a four-year period, there were 22,800 crime authorizations (2011-2014).
The FBI paid approximately $294 million (FY2012-2018), the DEA paid at least $237 million (FY2011-2015), and ATF paid approximately $17.2 million total (FY2012-2015) to informants.

Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com compiled this information by reviewing federal reports. While some of the data is several-years old; it’s apparently the most recent available.

The FBI spent an average of $42 million a year on confidential human sources between fiscal years 2012 and 2018. “Long term” informants comprised 20 percent of its intelligence relationships (source: DOJ IG 2019 report).

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrze ... 513dcbf4dd

[Pmac2]

I remeber reading like 1 out of 4 best buy geek squard workers was some type of fbi informant cause they would get paid to give up guys they found child porn on there laptops that they would bring into best buy to get fixed or whatever. But they give up drug dealers to

[davidf1989]

I wonder how much the likes of Mark Rossetti, Flemmi and Bulger were paid in Boston if they were paid at all for information or Greg Scarpa in New York which was similar to the Bulger case.

[Extortion]

Holy fucking shit. There are that many informants being paid that much??? Seems a bit unbelievable to me. What is the source of this info?

[Antiliar]

Holy fucking shit. There are that many informants being paid that much??? Seems a bit unbelievable to me. What is the source of this info?

I provided a link

[Tonyd621]

I'm sure alot of it is terrorism related. Maybe CIA type stuff, homeland security etc

[Extortion]

Oh wow its forbes…Yeah they are pretty reliable I would think but they did interview alite a few times.

Still that is absolutely stunning