281: Debra LaPrevotte – Oligarchs, Kleptocrats, A Nation For Thieves

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent Debra LaPrevotte explains the difference between oligarchs and kleptocrats, breaks down the indictment of former FBI SAC Charles McGonigal, and reviews the Nigeria OPL 245 oilfield license bribery case. The investigation involves two major oil companies charged with paying government officials to license natural oil resources originally gifted by former Nigerian military ruler Sani Abacha to his son and to the country’s oil minister. Debra served in the FBI for 20 years. She is the co-host of A Nation for Thieves, a podcast exposing the world's most corrupt kleptocrats.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 281 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:12.8	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through
0:19.7	my books, my blog and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:24.6	Today, we get to speak to a retired agent, Deborah Law-Provaugh, who served in the FBI
0:30.8	for 20 years.
0:32.4	In this episode, she explains the difference between oligarchs and clip-to-crats, breaks
0:38.6	down the indictment of former FBI Special Agent in Charge Charles McGonagall, and reviews
0:45.3	the Nigeria OPL-245 oil-filled bribery case.
0:51.6	The investigation involves two major oil companies charged with paying government officials
0:57.7	to license the natural oil resources originally gifted by former Nigerian military ruler
1:05.0	Sonny Abache to his son and to the country's oil minister.
1:09.5	Deborah's, but most of her career, working for vitramatters and international corruption
1:14.4	investigations.
1:16.0	She was appointed as a supervisor in the International Corruption Unit at FBI Headquarters, focusing
1:22.6	on investigating greed that fuels war crimes and atrocities.
1:27.7	Deborah Law-Provaugh is the co-host of a Nation for Thieves, a podcast that dwells
1:33.8	into how she recovered over $1 billion of dirty money and helped create the FBI's first
1:41.6	kleptocracy unit exposing the world's most corrupt kleptocrats.
1:47.1	You can listen to a Nation of Thieves wherever you get your podcast.
1:51.3	Before we get to the case review, don't forget I still owe you another episode for February,
1:57.4	so next week, look out for part one of a case review on the hunt for FBI Top 10 fugitive
2:05.0	Whitey Bulger.
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