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category: Law Enforcement & Legal
summary: Regional director of the Fresno FBI who was accused of refusing to investigate
  corruption in Mariposa County.
tags:
- Person
- FBI
- LawEnforcement
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[George Vinson](/people/george-vinson/) was the regional director of the Fresno [FBI](/organizations/federal-bureau-of-investigation/). He was named in a Writ of Mandamus filed by [Ben Wagner](/people/ben-wagner/) for refusing to investigate corruption in Mariposa County. [Vivian L. Wagner](/people/vivian-l-wagner/), Ben Wagner's wife, stated in a letter to President [Ronald Reagan](/people/ronald-reagan/) that her husband took two witnesses, [Kay Ritter](/people/kay-ritter/) and Robert Ashmore, to Vinson to present testimony, but Vinson failed to redress their grievances and did not return Ben Wagner's phone calls. It was understood through a reliable source that Vinson felt the complaints had "no substance."[^1]

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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.