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there's isn't a federal law enforcement agency or US Attorney's Office that will investigate it. It's just not a big enough deal to warrant the use of federal resources. That's just the reality. Federal criminal fraud prosecution really needs the following ingredients: a violation of a US federal crime as defined by some Title 18 USC statute, a victim, a loss, and that it meets the threshold limits of the district. I've had million dollar fraud cases turned down because there were bigger cases that had to be prioritized.Forgive me asking but what the hell good are you guys if this is the norm? Turn down million dollar fraud case because you're too busy busting pot farmers? Yes, I know the FBI is not the DEA but you're all sharing the same (enormous sum of) money.
1. It's the US Attorney's Office that decides what gets prosecuted and not the federal law enforcement agencies. They have threshold limits because they only have so many prosecutors.
2. It's all about prioritization of resources. The threshold limits more or less depend on the size of the city, size of the US Attorney's Office, etc. In general, the bigger the city/office, the higher the threshold limit. A million dollar case is a goldmine in Podunk, Iowa. A million dollar case would get you laughed out of the US Attorney's Office in someplace like New York City. If you have a bunch of multi-million dollar fraud cases, the smaller cases just don't register very high on the priority meter. Should we go after the $10 million cases or should we go after the $1 million cases? There's only so many FBI Agents and Assistant US Attorneys.
3. The FBI and DEA don't share the same pot of money. We have our budget, they have their budget. They investigate their crimes, we investigate our crimes. What makes you think it's the same money... other than the way over simplified argument that it's taxpayer funds?
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