Episode 175: Norman Wight – Stanley Mark Rifkin Bank Theft, Arrest Warrants

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent Norman Wight reviews the Stanley Mark Rifkin bank theft case. Rifkin embezzled $10 million from a bank in LA, via a wire transfer to Switzerland, where he converted the money to diamonds before smuggling them into the United States. Based on a tip, Wight and Los Angeles Division agent Robin Brown arrested Rifkin and recovered the diamonds. The case, followed closely by the media, tested case law regarding the validity of exigent circumstance when executing arrest warrants.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 175 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:12.0	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show the public who the
0:15.8	FBI is and what the FBI does through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:24.9	Today we get to speak to retired agent Norman White,
0:29.0	who served in the FBI for 28 years, initially assigned to the Lubbock resident agency out of
0:36.2	Dallas, Texas. He worked fugitives and general crimes before being transferred to the
0:41.9	San Diego division where he investigated
0:44.3	white collar and environmental crimes. In this episode, Norm White
0:49.2	reviews the Stanley Mark Rifkin Bank Fraud Case.
0:54.0	Rifkin embezzled $10 million from a bank in LA via a wire transfer to Switzerland
1:00.4	where he converted the money into diamonds before smuggling them into the United States.
1:06.0	Based on a tip, Norm White and Los Angeles Division Agent Robin Brown arrested Rifkin and recovered the diamonds.
1:14.0	The case tested case law regarding the validity of exigent circumstances
1:19.4	when executing arrest warrants.
1:21.8	Norm spent most of his career as the senior resident agent in Vista, California, supervising
1:28.4	eight agents who conducted investigations into a wide variety of criminal investigations.
1:34.9	He was a general police instructor in the area of defensive tactics and SWAT, as well as a SWAT team
1:42.0	leader involved in more than 100 tactical operations.
1:46.3	Upon his retirement and before moving to Montana, Norm White worked cold case homicides for the Escedito California Police Department for seven years.
1:57.0	And in 2008, one of his cases was named the latent hit of the year.
2:02.0	Norm at his Escedito Detective Paul was named the latent hit of the year.
2:02.6	Norm and his Escedito detective partner
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