The Federal Government Spends Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on ‘Informants’ – The Dirty FBI Spends $42 Million a Year on Informants
The Federal government is paying hundreds of millions of dollars to informants in their efforts to catch the ‘bad guys’.
The Federal government paid out at least $548 million to informants as a part of normal operations. The FBI spent an average of $42 million a year on informants in their operations.
Via Open the Books.
Federal agencies paid out at least $548 million to informants working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), in recent years, according to government audits.
- A few informants became millionaires, with some Amtrak and “parcel” delivery workers making nearly $1 million or more.
