India, Sept. 21 -- Tom Homan, the Director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the United States, was on the FBI's radar for allegedly accepting cash to help secure government contracts, a report by MSNBC claims.

As reported by Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was probing the Border Czar last year in an "undercover operation" over alleged cash payments received from a business executive trying to secure government contracts. It states that the FBI recorded Homan accepting $50,000 in cash after he "indicated he could help the agents- posing as a business executive."

The report was based on testimonies by sources familiar with the matter, as well as a review of internal documents by MSNBC.

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