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Report: ATF agents used secret bank account for Nascar and Vegas trips

by Andrew Shepperson

Agents in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives used a secret bank account to take a trip to Las Vegas, rent a $21,000 suite for a Nascar race, and donate money to one of their children's schools.

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California man arrested for selling guns without a license

by Chris Eger

Federal agents along with local police in Redlands arrested a man following a three-week investigation after he allegedly sold five AR-15s to a confidential informant.

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Chicago man who tried to kill federal informant gets 35 years

by Brian Seay

A drug dealer in Chicago was sentenced to 35 years in prison last week for trying to kill a federal informant.

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Former ATF agent to pay $40K to resolve false sick pay involving fake cancer

by Chris Eger

The Department of Justice has worked out a deal in which a former ATF criminal investigator will pay to settle a case brought about after he allegedly claimed sick leave for cancer he did not have.

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