William L. Webster — criminal information
PDF · 6 pages
Two-count federal charging document filed June 2, 1993. Read alongside the plea agreement and sentencing memorandum. Supplied as 10917125279.pdf.
THE SHAWN LEE REPORT · SOURCE COLLECTION
Memos, public records, statutes, and teaching references.
This collection brings together the supplied reference folder and the documents already on the site. Related background is labeled; a connection to an episode does not mean that exact file appeared on screen. The episode document lists retain the confirmed discussion groupings.
Court records, saved news articles and screenshots supplied for the Episode 5 discussion. News reports and cropped excerpts are labeled separately from the filings.
PDF · 6 pages
Two-count federal charging document filed June 2, 1993. Read alongside the plea agreement and sentencing memorandum. Supplied as 10917125279.pdf.
PDF · 6 pages
The supplied 1993 federal plea agreement. Supplied as 10917125269.pdf.
PDF · 7 pages
The government’s sentencing submission, filed August 27, 1993; a recommendation, not the sentencing judgment. Supplied as 10917123386.pdf.
PDF · 1 page
Saved St. Louis Journalism Review article, March 1, 1994, via The Free Library. Historical reporting about the investigation, separate from the court filings.
PDF · 1 page
Saved New York Times archive article, May 30, 1993. This is the New York Times headline discussed in the episode.
PDF · 1 page
Saved St. Louis Post-Dispatch retrospective of its September 1993 sentencing coverage, published September 21, 2018. By Terry Ganey and Tim Poor.
PDF · 1 page
Saved UPI Archives article dated June 2, 1993, reporting Webster’s guilty plea. The three PNG excerpts below come from this article.
PNG · Article excerpt
Supplied screenshot of the headline and opening. For the complete saved article, use the UPI PDF above.
PNG · Article excerpt
Supplied screenshot of the discussion of the plea and investigation. An excerpt, not a court record.
PNG · Article excerpt
Supplied screenshot of the article’s charge discussion. An advertisement obscures some text; the saved UPI PDF provides the fuller copy.
PDF · 2 pages
Geary County case GE-2022-CR-000558, filed November 8, 2022. Charges making false information and identity fraud; this filing does not establish guilt. Supplied as DOC_51316227.pdf.
PDF · 2 pages
The supplied two-count charging document in case 25-cr-89. This PDF is the indictment, not the later verdict or sentencing record.
The federal indictment, saved disciplinary record, historical news report and earlier traffic appeal concern distinct proceedings. Dates and case numbers identify each document.
PDF · 9 pages
This November 1, 2012 decision reversed a driving-while-suspended conviction. The Illinois Supreme Court reversed that decision and reinstated the conviction on January 24, 2014. Read both rulings together. Supplied as 5100584.pdf.
PDF · 1 page
Saved Telegraph article by Scott Cousins, June 21, 2021, discussed in Episode 8. It reports charges involving several people, including a person named David K. Elliot. It does not establish the outcome of those charges.
PDF · 14 pages
Filed August 18, 2026, case 3:26-cr-30108-SMY: 13 bank-fraud counts and two mail-fraud counts. Charges are allegations, not a conviction. Also revisited in Episode 9. Supplied as 06916553999.pdf.
PDF · 1 page
Snapshot dated September 12, 2026. It records a suspension effective March 13, 2020, in 2018PR00056. This is the ARDC summary, not the signed suspension order. Use ARDC for current status.
The supplied federal affidavits discussed with Episode 9. These same downloads also appear in its episode document list.
PDF · 12 pages
Supplied 2012 investigative affidavit containing allegations. This document is evidence of what the affiant alleged, not a judgment.
PDF · 6 pages
Supplied October 2021 FBI affidavit concerning alleged misuse of West Haven COVID-relief funds. The affidavit supports a wire-fraud complaint; it is not a judgment.
These materials present the author’s analysis or hypothetical examples. Their legal theories and factual assertions should be checked against the cited primary sources.
PDF · 24 pages
Shawn’s authored legal analysis, converted from the supplied Word document with its attachments. It includes legal theories and an illustrative complaint; publication does not establish those theories or allegations as findings. Read alongside the cited primary sources.
PDF · 5 pages
Shawn’s legal analysis about virtual and parenting portals. Related background for Episode 4; the precise use of this copy on air has not been confirmed.
PDF · 1 page
A teaching calculation using assumed complaint and conviction numbers, related to the Episode 1 arithmetic. It is not a current survey total, proof of crimes, or an estimate of losses, awards, or likely sentences.

Supplied excerpt about professionals purchasing parent-account coupons. Related to Episode 4. This is a saved screenshot, not a representation that these are the provider’s current terms.

Supplied excerpt describing possible AI features and limitations. Related to Episode 4. The excerpt itself does not establish how a particular family’s messages were classified.
PDF · 2 pages
Supplied copy of the Massachusetts decision, 256 Mass. 159 (1926). A related historical reference for Episode 3, separate from the U.S. Supreme Court case.
PDF · 2 pages
Supplied copy of the federal appellate decision, 280 F. 1022 (1922). Related historical background for Episode 3.
Complaints, indictments, and affidavits contain allegations; they are different from judgments or findings. Dates and descriptions identify the supplied copies.
PDF · 3 pages
A charging document containing allegations; shared research material, not confirmed as an Episode 9 exhibit.
PDF · 228 pages
The filed civil complaint contains allegations. Related to the Episode 4 discussion.
PDF · 1 pages
A catalog description, not the underlying inmate file. Related to Episode 3.
PDF · 29 pages
Allegations in a civil filing. Episode 9 companion record.
PDF · 2 pages
Supplied state-law reference. Related to Episode 9.
PDF · 2 pages
Photographed teaching copy; see the document library for the official release.
PDF · 1 pages
Supplied state-law reference. Related to Episode 9.
PDF · 1 pages
Supplied court-system reference. Related to Episode 9.
PDF · 19 pages
Historical correspondence. These are separate from the 1922 Supreme Court decision. Related to Episode 3.
PDF · 5 pages
Five-page photographed teaching packet, including archived DOJ material.
PDF · 1 pages
Historical teaching copy. Read the standard statutory text through the Cornell link below.
PDF · 168 pages
2018 opioid-litigation complaint accompanying Episode 7; allegations, not a judgment. The case caption is not spoken in the transcript.
PDF · 13 pages
Full 13-page opinion. Also covers the two loose page images supplied in the folder. Related to Episode 3.
The standard U.S. Code PDFs in the folder are represented here by Cornell’s Legal Information Institute pages. Shawn’s highlighted teaching copy is retained above.
These film images illustrate law-enforcement roles and discussion themes. They depict fictional characters and are not a roster of real court officials or evidence about a person’s conduct. Select an image to read it at full size.










The Untouchables — fictional teaching illustration (PDF, 1 page)
The current official contact page represents the saved contact sheet. DOJ says its general email does not accept legal notices or court documents. For reporting routes, use DOJ’s Report Fraud page.
The supplied article is available from its publisher and is also linked with Episode 9.
Related background for Episode 7, including the County of Monroe litigation. The separately supplied 301-page complaint copy bears a protective-order notation; this collection links to the court’s public index while that copy’s public provenance is checked.
The supplied Episodes 3 and 4 Word transcript is represented by the corresponding episode reading pages. Duplicate images of the Ponzi Supreme Court opinion are covered by its complete PDF above.
Administrative account receipts are excluded from this public collection. Three AI-generated research drafts are excluded pending factual and citation corrections.