Hi everyone and welcome to episode 23 of FBI retired case file review with

Jerry Williams. I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by actual FBI cases. In this

episode I interview retired special agent Carrie Thornton who served in the FBI for 21 years.

He spent most of his career working undercover on Bureau investigations throughout the country,

and as a technically trained agent.

Carrie is interviewed about an undercover sting

at insurance fraud investigation he worked in Detroit

for nearly three years,

where he and two other undercover FBI agents played the role of owners

and operators of a fictitious auto wrecking company willing to dispose of cars for cash so that their owners could file fraudulent

insurance claims.

The case was given the Bureau Code Name Operation Steam Clean, which incorporated the term code name

which incorporated the term steaming

slang used to describe the dumping of a vehicle

for the insurance payoff.

The case resulted in more than 50 indictments charging individuals with

fraudulent claims exceeding $1 million. Let's jump right into the interview, but stick around afterwards I have a recommendation for

crime fiction that you're not going to want to miss. This book is being called the next girl on the

train and the next gone girl, but you're going to have to wait until after the

interview for me to tell you more about it. Now here's the show.

Hi everyone. I am excited to introduce my guest,

Carrie Thornton. Hi Carrie.

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