363: Tony Mozingo – McFarland Bank Fraud, Beyond the Badge

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent Tony Mozingo reviews his investigation and fugitive hunt for Craig T. McFarland, a developer who defrauded banks of nearly $20 million in the late 70s and 80s. The extensive manhunt spanned multiple countries. He is the author of Beyond the Badge: One Man, Two Lives, to be published on September 12.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 363 of FBI Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:11.8	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does
0:17.9	through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:22.7	Today, we get to speak to retired agent Tony Mazingo, who served in the FBI for 24 years.
0:31.3	In this episode, he reviews his investigation and fugitive hunt for Craig T. McFarlane, a developer who defrauded banks of nearly
0:40.5	$20 million in the late 1970s and 1980s. The extensive manhunt spanned over multiple countries.
0:48.8	The breakthrough came when a former associate of McFarlane revealed McFarland had used his identity to obtain a passport.
0:57.5	Tony arranged for McFarland to be arrested in Monaco.
1:00.7	During his FBI career, Tony Mazingo investigated high-profiled counterintelligence cases in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco.
1:13.6	Following earlier assignments in Buffalo, New York, and Boston, Massachusetts. Tony spent his last decade in the Bureau leading the Monterey
1:19.7	Resident Agency in California. From tackling murder-for-hire to probing bank fraud and Soviet
1:26.6	counterintelligence, Tony's contribution to
1:29.6	safeguarding America from domestic and international threats highlight a life devoted to patriotism
1:37.0	and service. Tony Mazingo is the author of Beyond the Badge, One Man, Two Lives, to be published on September 12, 2025.
1:48.6	The book draws on his profound connection with animals, informing his unique perspective
1:54.2	on what it is to be an honorable man, a philosophical thinker, and a proud American.
2:04.4	To learn more about Tony Mzingo, visit his website,
2:11.9	the Mozingo Zone, and follow him on Instagram at the Mozingo Zone. Before we get to the case review, I want to let Reader team members know that I'll be sending you my August monthly email on Friday, August 1st.
2:19.9	And this issue, I talk about renaming the podcast from FBI retired case file review to
2:28.1	just FBI case file review and share audience, gender, and age statistics across several platforms. And I'll review a
2:37.9	TV show for teachable moments about fugitives and FBI retirement. In your podcast app's
2:46.7	description of this episode, there's a link to the show notes at jerryw Williams.com.
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