FBI

Billionaire FBI informant Peter Thiel dished about two Kremlin invites to private Putin meetings

Tech Insider : Politics
Vladamir Putin and Peter Theil
According to Peter Thiel, the Kremlin reached out to him through Daniil Bisslinger, a Russian diplomat. The German investor Christian Angermayer is the one who introduced them, Thiel said.

Stephanie Keith/Getty Images; Mikhail Klimentyev/Pool/AFP via Getty Images; Rebecca Zisser/Insider

China has stolen more personal and corporate information than every other country in the world combined, FBI director says

Tech Insider : Politics
Christopher Wray (left) and China soldiers raising the flag (right).
"We welcome business with China, visitors from China, academic exchange. What we don't welcome is cheating, and theft, and repression," Christopher Wray told 60 Minutes' Scott Pelley.

Mark Wilson via Getty Images; Zhang Tao/Xinhua via Getty Images

Peter Thiel was an FBI informant. Here's how you could become one.

Tech Insider : Politics
The FBI seal.
The FBI seal int the Flag Room at Headquarters

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Car theft surged more than 10% in one year. See the most stolen models.

Tech Insider
2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
The Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat was the most stolen vehicle from 2020 to 2022

Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

FBI says North Korea deployed thousands of IT workers to get remote jobs in US with fake IDs

Tech Insider
A photo of Jay Greenberg, special agent in charge at the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
Jay Greenberg, FBI's special agent in charge, shared the news of North Koreans working remote American IT jobs at a press conference Wednesday.

Christine Tannous/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant

Tech Insider : Politics
Peter Theil overlayed with the FBI symbol
Peter Thiel became an FBI informant in the summer of 2021, Insider has learned.

John Lamparski/Getty Images; Rebecca Zisser/Insider

Peter Thiel has worn many hats over the years: Silicon Valley founder, Trump megadonor, cryptocurrency booster, democracy skeptic.

Charles McGonigal, the disgraced former FBI official, pleaded guilty to hiding $225,000 in secret payments while working sensitive cases

Tech Insider : Politics
Charles McGonigal in front of a New York courthouse before his guilty plea.
Charles McGonigal, seen here in front of a New York courthouse before his guilty plea last month, admitted to more crimes in Washington DC..

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

House Judiciary Committee threatens to subpoena FBI over Charles McGonigal documents

Tech Insider : Politics
Congressman Jim Jordan (left) and former FBI special agent Charles McGonigal (right).
Congressman Jim Jordan (left) and former FBI special agent Charles McGonigal (right).

Anna Moneymaker/Getty and Michal M. Santiago/Getty

Trump reportedly told aide that she doesn't 'know anything about the boxes' after she was contacted by the FBI

Tech Insider : Politics
Former President Donald Trump speaks at at an event in Washington, DC on September 15, 2023.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at at an event in Washington, DC on September 15, 2023.

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Rudy Giuliani 'may have been compromised' by the Kremlin, and FBI leaders didn't care, alleges special agent Johnathan Buma

Tech Insider : Politics
Rudy Giuliani and Johnathan Buma
In an exclusive video interview, FBI special agent Johnathan Buma, right, alleged that the bureau stymied leads that implicated Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.

Tom Williams/Getty, Amelia Kosciulek/Insider

Subscribe to FBI