Sep 20, 2023
In this episode, retired Assistant Director of the FBI Victim Services Division (VSD), Kathryn Turman reviews the VSD, the victim service specialist position, and the major cases and crisis events her staff has deployed to, providing assistance and support to victims around the world. Selected for the position by FBI...
Sep 7, 2023
Retired agent Kyle Vowinkel reviews how he, as a member of the FBI’s Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU), negotiated the peaceful surrender of one of the Boston Marathon bombers. It's a powerful, first-hand insider's perspective of the capture of a violent domestic terrorist responsible, along with his older brother,...
Aug 23, 2023
Retired agent Shannon McGarry reviews her assignment as an
Assistant Legal Attaché (ALAT) to the FBI’s overseas office in
Brussels, Belgium, which covers four US embassies in Northwestern
Europe: Belgium, Luxembourg, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) and the European Union (EU). Her responsibilities...
Aug 9, 2023
Retired agent Darin Werkmeister reviews his adoption fraud
case where the subject solicited unsuspecting hope-to-be parents
via the internet, leading them to believe she would facilitate
adoptions with pregnant young women seeking to find homes for their
babies. The subject was convicted of scamming 43...
Jul 26, 2023
Retired agent Tim Gallagher reviews his investigation of a
multi-state check counterfeiting ring that operated out of
Northeast Ohio. They hit banks and businesses with fake payroll
checks and bogus personal checks, causing hundreds of thousands of
dollars of check fraud losses. In addition to several convictions,
the...