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### [New FBI Director Takes Oath of Office](https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/new-fbi-director-takes-oath-of-office)
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On February 21, Kash Patel was sworn in as the ninth Director of the FBI in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Attorney General Pamela Bondi administered the oath of office.
### [FBI Announces Eight FBI Subjects from Mexico in U.S. Custody](https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-announces-eight-fbi-subjects-from-mexico-in-us-custody)
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The FBI is announcing eight men, including two former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, who were transferred into U. S. custody from Mexico this week. All are key subjects of FBI investigations spanning several states.
### Most Wanted: Case of the Week
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### [SEBASTIAN WAYNE DRAKE ROGERS](https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/sebastian-wayne-drake-rogers)
February 26, 2024 Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee
### [News Blog](https://www.fbi.gov/news/news-blog)
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This National Consumer Protection Week, the FBI is reminding you how to protect yourself from scammers. And one of the best ways to stay safe? Take a beat: resist pressure to act quickly, pause for a moment, and assess the situation.
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### Stories
* 02.25.2025
[New FBI Director Takes Oath of Office](https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/new-fbi-director-takes-oath-of-office)
On February 21, Kash Patel was sworn in as the ninth Director of the FBI in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Attorney General Pamela Bondi administered the oath of office.
* 02.25.2025
[FBI Columbia Investigation Leads to Conviction in Widespread Real Estate Fraud Scheme](https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/fbi-columbia-investigation-leads-to-conviction-in-widespread-real-estate-fraud-scheme)
A man who orchestrated a real estate fraud scheme that defrauded 40 victims of $2 million has been sentenced to more than six years in prison.
* 02.20.2025
[A Secret in South Philly](https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/a-secret-in-south-philly)
On February 19, 2005, young couple Danielle Imbo and Richard “Rich” Petrone left a cheerful, informal get-together with friends at a Philadelphia bar and seemingly disappeared into the night, never to be seen again.
* 02.13.2025
[Operation Level-Up: How the FBI Is Saving Victims from Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud](https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/operation-level-up-how-the-fbi-is-saving-victims-from-cryptocurrency-investment-fraud)
Through Operation Level Up—a proactive initiative to identify and notify victims of cryptocurrency investment fraud—the FBI is trying to save victims from losing their hard-earned money.
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### Podcasts
* 02.21.2025
[Inside the FBI Podcast: Searching for Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone](https://www.fbi.gov/news/podcasts/inside-the-fbi-podcast-searching-for-danielle-imbo-and-richard-petrone)
On this episode of Inside the FBI, we’ll discuss this ongoing case and explain how investigators are working to solve this disappearance, 20 years later.
* 02.07.2025
[Inside the FBI: Intercepting the South American Theft Group Threat](https://www.fbi.gov/news/podcasts/inside-the-fbi-podcast-intercepting-the-south-american-theft-group-threat)
On this episode of our podcast, we’ll discuss why and how the FBI is working to stem the complex criminal threat posed by South American Theft Groups. And Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll will explain why the Bureau refuses to fumble the fight against violent crime.
* 12.06.2024
[Inside the FBI Podcast: My Mission Miniseries - Katie Connell](https://www.fbi.gov/news/podcasts/inside-the-fbi-podcast-my-mission-miniseries-katie-connell)
On this My Mission episode of Inside the FBI, we’ll meet Katie Connell, a child and adolescent forensic interviewer in the Bureau's Victim Services Division.
* 11.22.2024
[Inside the FBI Podcast: The Counterterrorism Division Turns 25](https://www.fbi.gov/news/podcasts/inside-the-fbi-podcast-the-counterterrorism-division-turns-25)
On this episode of Inside the FBI, we'll hear Assistant Director David J. Scott—a special agent who leads the Bureau’s efforts to combat domestic, international, and state-sponsored terrorism—reflect on how the threat has evolved over the past quarter century and how the division has risen to meet the challenge.
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### Press Releases
* 03.05.2025
[United States Arrests ISIS-K Attack Planner for Role in Killing of U.S. Military Service Members at Abbey Gate, Afghanistan](https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/united-states-arrests-isis-k-attack-planner-for-role-in-killing-of-us-military-service-members-at-abbey-gate-afghanistan)
* 03.03.2025
[Paul W. Brown Named Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Field Office](https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/paul-w-brown-named-special-agent-in-charge-of-the-atlanta-field-office)
* 02.28.2025
[FBI Announces Eight FBI Subjects from Mexico in U.S. Custody](https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-announces-eight-fbi-subjects-from-mexico-in-us-custody)
* 02.27.2025
[Former Navy Sailor Pleads Guilty to Plotting to Attack Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago](https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/former-navy-sailor-pleads-guilty-to-plotting-to-attack-naval-station-great-lakes-in-north-chicago)
* 02.26.2025
[Tajik National Arrested in Brooklyn for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS](https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/tajik-national-arrested-in-brooklyn-for-conspiring-to-provide-material-support-to-isis)
* 02.18.2025
[Brian Dugan Named Assistant Director of the Training Division](https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/brian-dugan-named-assistant-director-of-the-training-division)
* 02.18.2025
[Timothy A. Ferguson Named Assistant Director of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division](https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/timothy-a-ferguson-named-assistant-director-of-the-criminal-justice-information-services-division)
* 02.18.2025
[Robert K. Tripp Named Assistant Director of the Human Resources Division](https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/robert-k-tripp-named-assistant-director-of-the-human-resources-division)
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