FBI Reward Offered in Ricin Poison Case
The FBI offered a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to an arrest of anyone responsible for leaving a package containing the deadly poison ricin at a post office serving Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in October.
A letter inside the package said the author could make much more ricin and would “start dumping” large quantities of the poison if new federal trucking rules went into effect, according to information released by the FBI and other federal agencies.
The rules, which require more rest hours for truck drivers, took effect Sunday.
The letter, signed “Fallen Angel,” said the author was “a fleet owner of a tanker company.”
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