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Sample Letter Requesting Investigations & Prosecutions by Federal Authorities

                                                                       February xx, 2010

Joseph Persichini, Jr

Assistant Director in Charge

Washington Metropolitan Field Office

Federal Bureau of Investigation

601 4th Street N.W.

Washington DC, DC 20535-0002

Phone: 202-278-2000 Fax: 202-278-2478

Neil H. MacBride

U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia

Justin W. Williams United States Attorney's Building

2100 Jamieson Ave

Alexandria, VA 22314

Phone: (703) 299-3700 Fax (703)299-2584

Subject: Request for the Investigation and Possible Arrest, Indictment and Prosecution of Various Individuals.

Dear Mr. Persichini and Mr. MacBride:

I request that the Washington Metropolitan Field Office of the FBI and the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia investigate and as appropriate, arrest or summons, indict and prosecute:

1. Representative J. Doe for

   a. Violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(1) making bribes

   b. Violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(2) receiving bribes

2. Current and former executives, employees, lobbyists and agents of O. Doe, Mark Agne and the 119 others listed on attachment A, for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(1), making bribes.

Representative J. Doe being a public official indirectly, corruptly received, accepted, and/or agreed to receive or accept $4,600 from D. Doe and the amounts and others listed in attachment A all of whom are current or former executives, employees, lobbyists and agents of O. Doe or its affiliates, personally and/or for other persons or entity (anything of value), in return for being influenced in the performance of an official act, namely __________

A [draft] Statement of Probable Cause and draft Criminal Complaint are attached.

Knowledge of a crime, and the jurisdiction to pursue those responsible, thereby imposes upon you, the legal obligation to pursue this.

I also request that the victims of the crime ________________ and the attorney(s) for the victim(s) _____________ be kept informed of the status of the investigation as required by crime victim laws.

                                                                      Sincerely,

Attachments [as appropriate and available]

      Draft Criminal Complaint, Affidavit in Support of a Criminal Complaint and Application for a Warrant

List of Exhibits and Descriptions of Other Evidence

Exhibits

A Draft Proposed Grand Jury Indictment

Identifying information for victim(s), witness(es), subject(s) with names, addresses, and telephone numbers

Chronology of Events with date and time of incident, location of incident and any report numbers and charges with respect to the incident.