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Ducati North America Raided by the FBI

& they just called to fire me, can't say I'm shocked.
 
Update on RRW article. How did this happen on 12/17 and zero media coverage till now?

https://www.roadracingworld.com/new...wap1GxpvagU4CGrgmI_UOGTtuB4yXb0JyyPfVZwhrGVFM

FBI officials contacted by Roadracing World responded to the request for information via an e-mail from FBI spokesperson Katherine Zackel, who wrote “I can confirm that FBI San Francisco was at that location on December 17, 2020, to conduct court-authorized law enforcement activity. As of today’s date, no public records are available. Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, I cannot comment further at this time.”
 
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Update on RRW article. How did this happen on 12/17 and zero media coverage till now?

https://www.roadracingworld.com/new...wap1GxpvagU4CGrgmI_UOGTtuB4yXb0JyyPfVZwhrGVFM

FBI officials contacted by Roadracing World responded to the request for information via an e-mail from FBI spokesperson Katherine Zackel, who wrote “I can confirm that FBI San Francisco was at that location on December 17, 2020, to conduct court-authorized law enforcement activity. As of today’s date, no public records are available. Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, I cannot comment further at this time.”

What makes you think these kinds of activities typically get media coverage?
 
AsphaltandRubber.com claims to have other sources providing further information on the Ducati NA raid.


https://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/ducati-north-america-office-employee-homes-raided-fbi/

Full article at link. Excerpt below:

However, Asphalt & Rubber‘s own sources have also confirmed that the personal residences of several high-level Ducati North America employees were also subjected to the search efforts of the FBI as part of this investigation, and that the scope of the FBI’s search relates to a financial crime investigation.

The sources also tell us that the number of raiding FBI agents at the Ducati North America office is considerably less than the 30 that is being quoted in the media.
 
& they just called to fire me, can't say I'm shocked.

JFC dude, seriously? This is bullshit. You had to deal with it and they fired you? I'd be on the phone to an employment attorney getting a year of pay and compensation. We have laws in California about this to protect you.
 
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I was thinking the same thing!!! Sorry you got fired for this. Can someone tell me when BARF started becoming a national news reporting source with BARF nicknames and all? Is BARF still cool now? ROFL!!!

When was BARF not cool? :x
 
WOW... LTNS!
Hi Joe! :cool

JFC dude, seriously? This is bullshit. You had to deal with it and they fired you? I'd be on the phone to an employment attorney getting a year of pay and compensation. We have laws in California about this to protect you.
DOUBLE WOW!
Hi Papi! :thumbup

AsphaltandRubber.com claims to have other sources providing further information on the Ducati NA raid.

https://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/ducati-north-america-office-employee-homes-raided-fbi/

Full article at link. Excerpt below:

However, Asphalt & Rubber‘s own sources have also confirmed that the personal residences of several high-level Ducati North America employees were also subjected to the search efforts of the FBI as part of this investigation, and that the scope of the FBI’s search relates to a financial crime investigation.

The sources also tell us that the number of raiding FBI agents at the Ducati North America office is considerably less than the 30 that is being quoted in the media.

TRIPLE WOW!
I wonder if that included Richard Kenton, my boss when I was at Zero Motorcycles.
 
Big :thumbup to Roadracing World, Asphalt & Rubber, and The Drive for citing BARF as the original source. Coulda weaseled out with "according to an internet source".

And especially big :thumbup to Roundboy for breaking the story. Maybe Budman should inaugurate a BARFlitzer Prize for original reporting. ;)
 
When it comes to motorcycle news, I don't believe anything until I read about it in RRW

https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/fbi-agents-raid-ducati-north-america-headquarters/

BARF with the news scoop!

Big :thumbup to Roadracing World, Asphalt & Rubber, and The Drive for citing BARF as the original source. Coulda weaseled out with "according to an internet source".

And especially big :thumbup to Roundboy for breaking the story. Maybe Budman should inaugurate a BARFlitzer Prize for original reporting. ;)

And a big :thumbdown to RRW for naming elskip which apparently caused him to be fired.
 
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