Surprising Facts that the FBI Wants You To Know

The Informants Salary

You can make a good living while being an FBI informant! Special Agents are able to pay up to $100k each year. If the informant actually gets the approval of the FBI, they could get up to $500k a year.

The informants can get expense reimbursements and payments for their services. You would think that most people would want to just get a payment, but a lot of people actually take the reimbursements... It's way safer that way.

The More You Know

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.