DEA Investigated Stephen Paddock BEFORE the Shooting

DEA Wiretap Led to Investigation of Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock

After turning up on a federal wiretap, accused Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to federal law enforcement sources.

Here is what we have gleaned from law enforcement sources who are NOT directly linked to the active Las Vegas probe of Paddock:

- Paddock had a number of cell phones acquired and linked to numbers in Los Angeles, CA.
- From what we can ascertain on or about 2013 one on the LA-based numbers linked to Paddock turned during a DEA wiretap.
- That phone was reportedly an AT&T Mobility phone.
- After tracing the phone to Paddock, DEA agents delved into his finances and background.
- DEA agents pinpointed a high number of federal Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) linked to Paddock’s bank transactions, including large wire amounts.
- A number of such wires were from shell companies without an official brick-and-mortar presence in any domicile.
- A number of SARs involved offshore wires coming into Paddock’s U.S. accounts.
- Paddock may have maintained at least one offshore bank account.
- Paddock subscribed to different cell phones in different U.S. cities from different cellular phone carriers.
- A number of those phones are now in the possession of the FBI lab in Virginia.

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Last Edited by Tharamis on 10/25/2017 03:00 PM