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Of the 4,500 tips that the FBI received, “None were investigated or even screened for indicia of credibility,” according to the report.

Brady agreed that the source was “highly credible” and said there were “sufficient indicia of credibility” to pass along the account to federal prosecutors.

“That there exists no loan agreements or other indicia of an actual loan certainly suggests the existence of an alternate possible characterization of the large money transfer as income.”

Mr. Brady’s investigative team “felt that there were sufficient indicia of credibility … to merit further investigation,” into the claim.

Judges said the information obtained by the Commission to justify its demands to the companies "are not substantiated by sufficiently serious indicia".