{"id":51436,"date":"2022-11-21T21:08:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T05:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51436"},"modified":"2022-11-21T21:08:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T05:08:21","slug":"former-federal-agent-sentenced-to-more-than-ten-years-in-prison-for-helping-organized-crime-figure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51436","title":{"rendered":"Former Federal Agent Sentenced to More Than Ten Years in Prison for Helping Organized Crime Figure"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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According to authorities, a former special agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for accepting cash payments and other benefits to help an organized crime-linked person.<\/span><\/p>\n

Officials stated that this included taking official action designed to help two foreign nationals gain entry into the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner sentenced Felix Cisneros Jr., 48, of Murrieta. The judge also ordered him to pay a fine of $30,000. <\/span><\/p>\n

Judge Klausner also entered a forfeiture order of $133,000 against Cisneros.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On May 3, after a five-day trial, a federal jury found Cisneros guilty of 30 felonies: one count of conspiracy to commit bribery of a public official, one count of bribery, 26 counts of money laundering, and two counts of subscribing to a false tax return. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"brownCisneros has been in federal custody since the trial\u2019s conclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Over 18 months that started in September 2015, Cisneros accepted cash, checks, private jet travel, luxury hotel stays, meals, and other items of value from a person identified in court documents as \u201cIndividual 1,\u201d who was associated with a criminal organization. <\/span><\/p>\n

Cisneros received approximately $100,000 in checks and gifts from Individual 1 in 2015 and 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cisneros accepted the cash and other bribes while employed as a special agent with HSI, an agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. <\/span><\/p>\n

In exchange for the bribes, Cisneros performed a series of official acts at the behest of Individual 1, including:<\/span><\/p>\n