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SAN FRANCISCO FBI OFFICE ESTABLISHES A PUBLIC CORRUPTION HOTLINE
1-800-376-5991
Mark J. Mershon, Special Agent in Charge of the San Francisco Office of the FBI, announces the establishment of a Bay Area Public Corruption Hotline at 1-800-376-5991. This Hotline is exclusive to the San Francisco Bay Area and was established for the purpose of encouraging citizens to call the FBI and report information regarding public corruption activities they believe may have occurred. The Hotline was established to enable and encourage individuals with knowledge of corrupt public officials to report their information.
Corruption allegations are among the most sensitive matters addressed by the FBI. Using a variety of Federal statutes, the FBI investigates allegations of public corruption in all branches of the government at all levels, to include federal, state, and local. Over 50 percent of pending FBI public corruption cases target state and local corruption. The FBI’s interest is in federal, state, and local officials who may be involved in embezzlement, extortion, illegal campaign financing, the misuse of their official position, and in the solicitation of bribes or kickbacks.
SAC Mershon said, "Public corruption schemes are difficult to detect. They are secretive, often sophisticated, and generally lack visible clues to the public. These crimes most often involve coercion and conspiracies of mutually benefiting parties."
Public corruption hurts honest citizens who expect fair value from government services. It results in the waste or theft of substantial public funds. Most importantly, it erodes our confidence in government by casting a cloud of distrust over the large majority of public officials who are honest. It is often a call from a concerned citizen or unwilling participant that brings corrupt public officials to justice.
If citizens are aware of criminal activity involving public corruption, they should call the FBI Bay Area Public Corruption Hotline at 1-800-376-5991. The FBI follows strict policies to ensure the confidentiality of the information provided to the automated Public Corruption Hotline.
Media inquiries should be addressed to Special Agent LaRae Quy, FBI, San Francisco at 415-553-7450
FBI ANNOUNCES TIP LINE TO COMBAT PUBLIC CORRUPTION & GOVERNMENT FRAUD
Washington, D.C. -- Today the FBI launched a tip line, 1-800-CALL FBI or 1-800-225-5324 , to collect information and complaints of public corruption and government fraud.. Information related to these matters can be provided toll-free, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. These lines will be manned by FBI personnel and the information collected will be analyzed, investigated, and shared with our state, local, and federal law enforcement personnel.
The FBI has taken a proactive and preventative stance on local corruption and will ensure that the criminals who perpetrate crimes are brought to justice. To clarify the types of crimes that this tip line will focus on Public Corruption is criminal acts, where it is alleged that either a public official (elected, appointed, or under contract), and/or a private individual, has or is engaged in a corrupt scheme that involves either a direct or indirect abuse of the public official's trust and/or undermines the integrity of federal, state or local governmental operations, in violation of federal law. In addition, Assistant Director Swecker stressed that "calls to this tip line should be limited to fraud activity and corruption by businesses or persons engaged in purported contract fraud, procurement or purchasing fraud.