FBI Special Agent supervisor employed prostitutes on assignments, watchdog claims | EUROtoday

A former FBI particular agent supervisor employed prostitutes whereas on assignments, the Justice Department’s watchdog physique has claimed.

The Office of the Inspector General launched an investigative abstract Tuesday, which said that the FBI got here to the watchdog, claiming a then-special agent who supervised different brokers employed and used prostitutes whereas touring each domestically and abroad for work.

The company additionally claimed that the agent, who was unnamed within the abstract, used an “FBI-issued mobile device” to finish transactions associated to the hiring of prostitutes, in line with the abstract.

The agent was accused of failing to self-report “close or continuous contact” with a international nationwide they had been courting whereas abroad, the watchdog stated.

The watchdog’s investigation confirmed the FBI’s allegations, which included discovering the agent employed and used prostitutes on “numerous occasions.” It moreover discovered the agent did not self-report “close or continuous contact” with the international prostitutes he employed.

Despite the watchdog’s findings, “criminal prosecution was declined,” in line with the abstract.

The Independent has reached out to the FBI for remark.

This shouldn’t be the primary occasion of an FBI agent paying for intercourse whereas abroad.

In March, a separate investigation by the watchdog accusing FBI brokers of utilizing prostitutes whereas stationed in Cambodia, the Philippines and Thailand was made public following a lawsuit filed by The New York Times.

The investigation discovered from 2009 to 2018, these brokers had been paying for or accepting intercourse from prostitutes whereas socializing with different brokers and the native police.

In an announcement to the NOW in March, the FBI stated, “Everyone who engaged in this inexcusable behavior was held accountable and no longer works for the FBI.”

The company stated on the time it had modified its choice and coaching processes for brokers working abroad. It’s unclear when the incidents detailed in Tuesday’s investigative abstract occurred.