{"id":52334,"date":"2023-02-27T19:15:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T03:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52334"},"modified":"2023-02-27T19:15:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T03:15:43","slug":"former-fbi-agent-sentenced-to-six-years-in-prison-for-accepting-bribes-from-organized-crime-figure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52334","title":{"rendered":"Former FBI Agent Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Accepting Bribes from Organized Crime Figure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"4s25g\" data-offset-key=\"6tkt8-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"6tkt8-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"6tkt8-0-0\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> LOS ANGELES<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"6tkt8-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"6tkt8-0-0\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1057 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Officials stated that a former FBI special agent was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison for conspiring to accept at least $150,000 in cash bribes and other items of value.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"4s25g\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\">\n<p class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">The bribes were for providing sensitive law enforcement information to a corrupt attorney with ties to Armenian organized crime, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Babak Broumand, 56, of Lafayette, California, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">In addition to the prison sentence, Judge Klausner ordered Broumand to pay a $30,000 fine and to forfeit $132,309 linked to his criminal activity.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5851 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Image-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Image-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Image-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Image-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Image-95x64.jpg 95w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Image.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cMr. Broumand took an oath of office, swearing to defend the laws of the United States and to uphold the high standards of the FBI. He violated this solemn promise and now he will face the consequences of his choice,\u201d said United States Attorney Martin Estrada. <\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\u00a0\u201cToday&#8217;s sentencing of Mr. Broumand, a former FBI agent who abandoned his pledge to serve the American people in exchange for a lavish lifestyle, is gratifying and reaffirms the FBI\u2019s commitment to weeding out corruption of public officials, including those from within.\u201d said Donald Alway, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI&#8217;s Los Angeles Field Office. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6172 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A federal jury in October 2022 found Broumand guilty of one count of conspiracy, two counts of bribery of a public official, and one count of monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">The jury found Broumand not guilty of one count of bribery of a public official and one count of monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Broumand has been in federal custody since the jury returned the guilty verdict against him after an 11-day trial.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\u00a0Broumand was a Bay Area resident and served as an FBI special agent from January 1999 until shortly after search warrants were served on his home and businesses in 2018.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1073 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg 299w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-120x76.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-265x168.jpg 265w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-284x180.jpg 284w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-274x173.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/>He was responsible for national security investigations and was <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">assigned to the FBI Field Office in San Francisco.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"> From January 2015 to December 2018, Broumand accepted cash, checks, private jet flights, a Ducati motorcycle, hotel stays, escorts, meals, and other items of value from an organized crime-linked attorney \u2013 identified in court papers as \u201cE.S.,\u201d and each man acted to conceal the true nature of their corrupt relationship, according to officials.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"> In return for the bribe payments and other items of value, Broumand conducted law enforcement database inquiries and used those inquiries to help E.S. and his associates avoid prosecution and law enforcement monitoring.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Specifically, Broumand informed E.S. whether a particular person or entity was under criminal investigation by stating that E.S. should \u201cstay away\u201d from that person or that they were \u201cOK.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">To conceal the nature of their corrupt relationship, Broumand made it falsely appear that E.S. was working as an FBI source.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Broumand wrote false reports after the fact to make it appear that he conducted legitimate law enforcement database inquiries. <\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">In exchange for the illegal inquiries, E.S. paid Broumand at least $150,000 in cash and check bribes, including a Ducati motorcycle and accessories valued at more than $36,000.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"> The bribes were deposited into the accounts for Love Bugs LLC, a Lafayette-based lice-removal hair salon business that Broumand and his wife started in 2007.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Soon after the bribery scheme began, E.S. asked Broumand to query the FBI database for Levon Termendzhyan, an Armenian organized crime figure for whom E.S. had worked.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">According to court documents, the database search \u201crang all the bells\u201d and revealed an FBI investigation in Los Angeles, which noted that Broumand accessed the FBI case file on Termendzhyan repeatedly in January 2015.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Broumand also allegedly accessed the Termendzhyan FBI case file in May 2016. Termendzhyan, a.k.a. \u201cLev Aslan Dermen,\u201d was found guilty in March 2020 in federal court in Utah on criminal charges related to a $1 billion renewable fuel tax credit fraud scheme.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">His sentencing hearing in Utah is scheduled for April 6. <\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1537 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LADYJUSTICE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"240\" \/>In December 2015, at E.S.\u2019s request, Broumand searched a confidential FBI database for information about Sam Sarkis Solakyan, a medical imaging company CEO, and later warned E.S. to \u201cstay away\u201d from Solakyan, who was \u201ctrouble,\u201d meaning that <\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Solakyan was under law enforcement investigation. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Solakyan eventually was charged in San Diego federal court, tried, convicted, and sentenced to five years in federal prison for running a scheme that submitted more than $250 million in fraudulent claims through California\u2019s workers&#8217; compensation system.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">In May 2016, Broumand interfered with an FBI investigation into Felix Cisneros Jr., a corrupt special agent with Homeland Security Investigations who also had ties to Termendzhyan. <\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Cisneros was convicted at trial in two different cases.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">The first trial, in 2018, resulted from Cisneros\u2019s corrupt acts for Termendzhyan. The second trial, in April 2022, resulted from Cisneros\u2019s corrupt acts, for E.S. Cisneros was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">The FBI, the U.S. Department of Justice\u2019s Office of the Inspector General, and IRS Criminal Investigation investigated this matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4tl5g-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael J. 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Vavere of the Asset Forfeiture and Recovery Section prosecuted this case.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES Officials stated that a former FBI special agent was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison for conspiring to accept at least $150,000 in cash bribes and other items&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-federal-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former FBI Agent Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Accepting Bribes from Organized Crime Figure<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"LOS ANGELES Officials stated 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