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I am former FBI Special Agent Marc Ruskin, with 20 years’ experience in Undercover Operations. I've infiltrated a New York Mafia crime family, a Chinese Malaysian heroin organization, a Wall Street trading exchange, right-wing terrorist groups, and I’ve worked on espionage cases. AMA!

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My short bio: Hi Reddit! I'm Marc Ruskin. I am a former FBI Special Agent, and I spent 20 years in Undercover Operations. I've juggled a dozen different aliases and have been awarded five commendations from the Director of the FBI. I've worked at US Embassies in Paris, Madrid, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and Asuncion, the latter where I was given a Letter of Recognition from the Minister of the Interior for the rescue of a kidnapped former Miss Paraguay (Mariangela Martinez).

Since retiring, I've divided my time between a law practice in New York and extended sojourns in Liaoning Province, China where I've been studying Mandarin. My new book, The Pretender: My Life Undercover in the FBI, is [now on sale] (https://www.amazon.com/Pretender-My-Life-Undercover-FBI/dp/1250068630).

Proof: http://imgur.com/a/smz3f

Thanks to All of You For Stopping By.

Had a Great Time!


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cial_agent_marc_ruskin_with_20/dmdw2gf/): What is the best way for a criminal

to secure and leverage the best deal in exchange for assistance in an

investigation? What's the highest level of crime you've seen essentially

forgiven in exchange for such help?


: Concise_AMA_Bot :; [+MarcRuskin](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6x7mnu/i_am_former_fbi_s; pecial_agent_marc_ruskin_with_20/dmdys73/): In SUNBLOCK, a UC op targeting a; Malaysian Chinese global heroin importation and distribution investigation, I; was posing as the nephew of Gil Sandoval (not his true name, of course), the; head of a Mexican cocaine cartel in the eighties, serving "natural life" with; no hope of parole. One the most interesting and challenging cases of my; career. At the end, I testified on his behalf at the re-sentencing hearing.; Altogether he must have served about 18 years. For a long time, our lives; were in each others hands. A slip up by me, and a shiv in the back for Gil. A; slip up by him, and I'd be going to a UC meet with a melancholy end.; -----------------------------------------------------------

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ial_agent_marc_ruskin_with_20/dmdqbqt/): What's your theory on DB Cooper?; Concise_AMA_Bot :; [+MarcRuskin](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6x7mnu/i_am_former_fbi_s; pecial_agent_marc_ruskin_with_20/dmdrjow/): He died when parachuting out of; the 727.; -----------------------------------------------------------

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_special_agent_marc_ruskin_with_20/dme3fdt/): Best advice to prospective

agents?; Concise_AMA_Bot :; [+MarcRuskin](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6x7mnu/i_am_former_fbi_s; pecial_agent_marc_ruskin_with_20/dme4l3p/): Get a law or accounting degree,; work out regularly, and don't post anything online that can come back to; haunt you.; -----------------------------------------------------------

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[+coryrenton](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6x7mnu/i_am_former_fbi_spe

cial_agent_marc_ruskin_with_20/dmdw4ii/): What is the typical budget for an

investigation, and what is the largest budget you've seen?; Concise_AMA_Bot :; [+MarcRuskin](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6x7mnu/i_am_former_fbi_s; pecial_agent_marc_ruskin_with_20/dmdz6ja/): There is not typical budget,; really. The case agent, the agent running the show, drafts a Proposal, which; includes a budget (I drafted one once, for a case that I later was the UC in,; and my RUN DMV case agents then handled that part of the op)s. It's a; comprehensive undertaking. Big cases have to be approved at FBIHQ, with DOJ; input, and if approved, so is the budget. Whatever it take to get the job; done.; -----------------------------------------------------------

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cial_agent_marc_ruskin_with_20/dme21lg/): What are the requirements for

becoming and undercover agent?Were family or relationships allowed?; Concise_AMA_Bot :; [+MarcRuskin](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6x7mnu/i_am_former_fbi_s; pecial_agent_marc_ruskin_with_20/dme3lcq/): To quote from the surveillance; agents in Reservoir Dogs, you have to "have rocks in your head" to be a UC.; Seriously though, you need five+ years agent time, and if you have a family,; they will need to have lots of patience to accommodate an unusual career.; Most agents don't do UC work, and of those who do, most don't do it often.; There are about 100 full-time UCs in the FBI at any given time - for a; country of 300+ million people. I was privileged to be one of them.; -----------------------------------------------------------

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between real life FBI agent work and what you see in movies?; Concise_AMA_Bot :; [+MarcRuskin](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6x7mnu/i_am_former_fbi_s; pecial_agent_marc_ruskin_with_20/dmdqzfj/): FBI Agents have, or used to; have, a great sense of humor. In the films, like Die Hard, they're all black; suits and grim faces: "We're taking over now." That never happens. We'd kid; around with the locals, cops and trooper, and work together all the time.; : Concise_AMA_Bot :; :; : [+picnic-boy](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6x7mnu/i_am_former_fbi; : _special_agent_marc_ruskin_with_20/dmdtk7g/): What kind of clothing would; : you regularly wear? The stereotype is the black suit. Is there any truth to; : that?; :; :: Concise_AMA_Bot :; ::; :: [+MarcRuskin](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6x7mnu/i_am_former_f; :: bi_special_agent_marc_ruskin_with_20/dmdv2uq/): The stereotype is just; :: that. For the movies. An agent going out on an interview, particularly in; :: a white collar case, will wear business attire. I would dress to fit the; :: role I was playing, from street hustler with lots of gold chains; :: (courtesy of FBI Seized Property) to refined European jewel thief in; :: elegant suit and $30,000 watch.; ::

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