The DEA has learned that scammers are impersonating agency officials. The fraud includes using fake names and badge numbers and the names of known agents or police officers in local departments.

James Darrell Hickox, stole from Sheriff’s Office storage. Previously: DEA agent from Jacksonville pleads guilty to taking bribes, facilitating large sales of meth, heroin Hickox was sentenced ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Three men from Texas posed as agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in an attempt to steal over 200 pounds of marijuana from a rural home in southern Oregon.