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| | Sensitive Manual of Investigative Operations and Guidelines Part II PAGE 10 - 108 10-14.1.5 Undercover Funding Authority Request for advance funding for FCI, Group I and Group II Undercover Operations should be made to the substantive desk at FBIHQ. Short-term FCI and Group II Undercover Operations may be funded from the|draft systen. | Larger FCI and Group II cases may use advanced funds if the|draft system|is insufficient to fund the operation. All Group I Undercover Operations are funded from FBIHQ advances. Authority to conduct undercover operations is discussed in Part II, 10-11, of this manual, "FBI UNDERCOVER ACTIVITIES - CRIMINAL MATTERS." Authority to conduct undercover operations in FCI mstters is discussed in Part I, Section 0-4 of the Foreign Counterintelligence Manual. EFFECTIVE: 12/07/93 10-14.1.6 Show and Buy-Bust Money Funding Authority (1) Show and Buy~Bust money is available on a case~by- case basis to provide financial credibility for an asset/informant, cooperating witness or Undercover Agent or to consummate a proposed illegal transaction in support of a specific investigative case. Use- of these funds does NOT constitute an EXPENDITURE of appropriated funds. Such funds are NEVER to be allowed to become evidence or to leave the care, custody or control of the FBI. They are to be returned to FBIHQ when no longer needed by the case for which their use was originally authorized so that they may be subsequently reissued. (2) Show funds cannot be deposited into a bank or other financial institution without an exemption from the Attorney General. Upon receipt of an exemption, the funds are to be placed in a federally insured financial institution, unless otherwise authorized, to provide credibility to an operation. (3) The funds may be used in a display of cash to reinforce the role of an Undercover Agent or to consummate a proposed illegal transaction as part of an arrest (Buy-Bust) scenario. b 2 (4) The SAC may approve the use of up > «Jos Show purposes or for use in a Buy-Bust situation. The use of pore rE thon au be approved in advance by FBIHQ. (5) Requests for Show or Buy~Bust funds aust specify: Sensitive PRINTED: 03/14/94