All things said and done outside of the protection of the president and other dignitaries the secret service has a long history of being very good and efficient at their originally mandated job even in the internet age which is to really with finance related crimes originally meaning preventing the circulation of fake currency.
I think a new agency needs to be developed with a strict mandate of international internet crimes; however I don't trust modern politicians to do a great job of designing it to work in our best interests. Honestly I don't think they know enough about the subject to even know if they are or are not doing the right thing.
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On Oct 5, 2014 2:04 PM, Jason Bronner <jason.bron...@gmail.com> wrote:
It's under DHS now and has been under DHS for quite a while. Initially that's who is tasked with investigating counterfeiting US currency and is why they were a division of the Treasury Dept. Had a nice chat with one of their reps when I was still in management and someone shot a fake 100 through my safe and i filled out the paperwork on it at the bank.
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 11:54 AM, jdow <j...@earthlink.net> wrote:
Like I say, our government is totally disorganized and overbloated. Law enforcement should be part of DoJ not Treasury. But, we gotta waste money somehow so we get a mishmash of a hodgepodge. 'nuff said - except to note that I wanted a chance to live enough that I illegally carried a .38 special for most of that year and slept with it under the pillow. Surrender is for victims. I gave up being a victim and liked the feeling.
{o.o}
On 2014-10-05 06:27, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
That is because the secret service is part of the treasury department oddly
enough. Even though they are most know for protecting the president they are
actually a law enforcement agency.
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On Oct 5, 2014 2:54 AM, jdow <j...@earthlink.net> wrote:
If credit card fraud was involved you might check with the Secret Service. At
least in the mid 80s credit card fraud was investigated by the Secret Service.
I've no freaking idea why; but, during an investigation about some online
stalking featuring me as one of the victims credit card fraud was involved. I
was interviewed about it by a Secret Service agent and an FBI agent
concurrently. Both were just a touch out of their depth. Sigi Kluger was
ultimately prosecuted for the CC fraud, not the stalking, not the death threats,
not the bodily harm (chop me up and feed me to his dog) but CC fraud that was
small amounts over a full year. VERY few women stayed with McGraw-Hill's "BIX"
or "Byte Information eXchange" through that year. I was too damn stubborn to be
run out. But - damn - CC fraud was the Secret Service's domain? Washington DC
was hopelessly screwed up even then.
{^_^} Joanne
On 2014-10-04 21:26, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
> you may be right Interpol's economic crimes division might be the
> right way to go Ive never considered that before.
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Bill Maidment <b...@maidment.me> wrote:
>>> There used to be an organisation called Interpol to deal with international
crime. I haven't heard anything recent about them; do they still exist?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Bill Maidment
>>
>> Interpol still exists, they've a web site hat
>> https://www.interpol.int/. Since we've gone way off this mailing
>> list's announced purpose, I'll stop here.
>
