When FBI case agent Nathan Holbrook transferred from Indianapolis to the Cincinnati field office on January 4, 2018, he picked up several open public corruption cases because of his specialty in overseeing crime that is often difficult to prosecute.
Holbrook looked at files to see who could potentially be flipped to become a cooperating witness; he found . The former Cincinnati Bengal turned real estate developer had an open criminal case from 2013 for allegedly using money orders and checks in others鈥� names to donate to local politicians.
鈥淚 determined him to be a source open to recruit,鈥� Holbrook testified on Thursday during the public corruption trial of former Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld.
From the witness stand, Holbrook answered some of the biggest questions that have hung over City Hall since How did this case start, and who started it?
By mid-March, Ndukwe had signed a proffer agreement with the FBI, agreeing to work for them to root out potential corruption. throughout 2018 and 2019 for his work on the Sittenfeld case and 鈥渕ultiple other investigations,鈥� Holbrook said.
Holbrook also brought in two FBI undercover agents who had been working in the Cincinnati area since September 2017. He asked them to pose as wealthy investors in development deals 鈥渢o determine what was going on in the city of Cincinnati.鈥�
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