183: Keith Tolhurst – Arizona Extortion, Kidnapping and Maiming Plot
FBI Case File Review
Jerri Williams
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Retired agent Keith Tolhurst reviews an extortion case where the subjects threatened to kidnap and cut off the arm or leg of the 12-year-old son of an Arizona millionaire businessman unless he paid them $250,000. Through a series of phone calls and notes, the scheme provided directions to the victim on where to drop the money. Frank Alber was arrested, convicted of conspiracy and mailing threatening communications, and sentenced to 6 years in prison for the elaborate plot.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 183 of FBI Retired |
| 0:09.4 | Case File Review with Jerry Williams. I'm a Retired on a mission to show the public who the FBI is and what |
| 0:17.9 | the FBI does through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues. Today we get to speak to once again |
| 0:28.0 | retired agent Keith Tollhurst who served in the FBI for 24 years. During his career he investigated |
| 0:37.0 | kidnappings domestic terrorism, violent crimes, bank robberies, and |
| 0:42.3 | fugitive matters. |
| 0:44.4 | In this episode, he reviews an extortion case |
| 0:48.8 | where the subjects threaten to kidnap and cut off the arm or leg of the 12-year-old son of an Arizona |
| 0:57.0 | millionaire businessman unless he paid them $250,000. |
| 1:05.0 | Through a series of phone calls and notes, |
| 1:08.1 | the scheme provided directions to the victim |
| 1:11.5 | on where to drop the money. |
| 1:13.3 | Frank Albert was arrested, convicted of conspiracy and mailing threatening communications, |
| 1:20.1 | and sentenced to six years in prison for the elaborate plot. |
| 1:25.0 | Currently, Keith Tollhurst is the founder of Tollhurst International LLC, |
| 1:32.0 | a licensed private investigations firm that also provides security consultants, |
| 1:37.0 | training courses, and guest speaker services. |
| 1:42.0 | Keith was previously interviewed on episode 125 about the case of a |
| 1:48.6 | prison escapee who led the FBI and law enforcement partners on the largest fugitive manhunt in Arizona. let you know that the audiobook for FBI Miss and Misconceptions |
| 2:05.8 | a manual for armchair detectives is now out and currently nook and Apple Books slash iTunes are offering substantial discounts, but I'm not sure how long the reduced prices will be around. The audiobook, e-book. the |
| 2:23.3 | audio book, ebook, paperback, and hardback for FBI, |
| 2:28.1 | and hardback for FBI, and misconceptions are available wherever books are sold, |
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