{"id":57206,"date":"2024-08-12T18:46:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T01:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57206"},"modified":"2024-08-12T18:46:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T01:46:33","slug":"ex-law-enforcement-and-ex-military-officers-charged-with-alleged-sham-raid-to-extort-man-on-behest-of-chinese-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57206","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Law Enforcement and Ex-Military Officers Charged with Alleged Sham Raid to Extort Man on Behest of Chinese National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14844 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"La Cosa Nostra Convicted Felon Admits to Drug, Prostitution and Weapons Charges\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Four ex-law enforcement and military officers allegedly acted as a sham law enforcement team that entered an Irvine man\u2019s home and threatened him and his family with violence and deportation, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The victim turned over nearly $37 million and signed away his rights in a business \u2013 worth tens of millions of dollars \u2013 that he shared with a wealthy Chinese national who secretly financed the bogus raid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The superseding indictment filed on August 1, charges the following defendants with one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, one count of attempted extortion, one count of conspiracy against rights, and one count of deprivation of rights under color of law:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Steven Arthur Lankford, 68, of Canyon Country, a retired Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department (LASD) deputy who stopped working for LASD in 2020 and owns a Santa Clarita-based process service company;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Glen Louis Cozart, 63, of Upland, a former LASD deputy who owns and operates a San Bernardino County-based private investigation and security services company;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Max Samuel Bennett Turbett, 39, of Australia, a United Kingdom citizen and former member of the British military who owns an Australia-based private investigation and asset recovery business; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Matthew Phillip Hart, 41, of Australia, is an Australian citizen and former member of the Australian military who owns an Australia-based risk management services business.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThe defendants in this case allegedly believed they could carry out vigilante justice by using official police powers to enter the home of vulnerable victims and extorting them out of millions of dollars,\u201d said Akil Davis, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI\u2019s Los Angeles Field Office. \u201cThe FBI will not tolerate civil rights violations by anyone who takes the law into their own hands for personal gain or otherwise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15639 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Los-Angeles-County-Sheriffs-Department-300x234.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Los-Angeles-County-Sheriffs-Department-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Los-Angeles-County-Sheriffs-Department-45x35.png 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Los-Angeles-County-Sheriffs-Department.png 506w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>According to the superseding indictment, the Irvine businessman\u2014identified as \u201cVictim 1&#8243;\u2014had an ongoing business dispute with an unindicted co-conspirator\u2014the wealthy Chinese national\u2014regarding their respective ownership interests in Jiangsu Sinorgchem Technology Co. Ltd., a China-based rubber chemical manufacturer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Their dispute led to at least three lawsuits in China and one in Atlanta. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In October 2013, the Chinese national alleged in a civil court filing that China had issued a \u201cred notice\u201d for Victim 1, which Victim 1 understood was linked to his business dispute with the unindicted co-conspirator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In December 2018, the unindicted co-conspirator allegedly contacted Turbett to help locate and recover assets from Victim 1. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">She said that the long and costly litigation had not been \u201cthe smart way\u201d to handle her dispute with Victim 1 and asked Turbett to find a different \u201csolution to finish the problem.\u201d She promised Turbett that if he helped her, \u201cwe can both retire.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In June 2019, Turbett and the unindicted co-conspirator drafted purported settlement agreements calling for Victim 1 to transfer assets, including approximately $36,972,386 in cash as well as lucrative shares in Jiangsu Sinorgchem, to the unindicted co-conspirator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Turbett allegedly hired Cozart to locate Victim 1 and assemble a team to obtain Victim 1\u2019s signature on the settlement agreements. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Cozart, in turn, hired Lankford, then an LASD deputy, who searched Victim 1\u2019s name and date of birth in the National Crime Information Center database using his Justice Data Interface Controller terminal at LASD, in violation of LASD policy that law enforcement databases only be used for law enforcement purposes and not for personal use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57208 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Irvine_Police_Department_Patch-300x294.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Irvine_Police_Department_Patch-300x294.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Irvine_Police_Department_Patch.png 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Turbett and Hart flew from Australia to Los Angeles, where they met with Cozart and Lankford to discuss plans for the sham raid.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">On June 17, 2019, Lankford, in violation of LASD policy, drove an unmarked LASD vehicle to Victim 1\u2019s home with Cozart, Hart, and Turbett, the superseding indictment alleges. Lankford and Cozart then approached Victim 1 outside his home. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Lankford allegedly identified himself as a police officer and showed his badge, while Cozart falsely identified himself as an \u201cimmigration\u201d officer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Under the guise of a legitimate law enforcement operation, the defendants allegedly entered the home, where they forced Victim 1, his wife, and their two children into one room, took their phones, and prevented them from leaving for hours. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Victim 1 was slammed against a wall and choked, the superseding indictment states. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Defendants allegedly also threatened to deport Victim 1 and his wife and permanently separate them from their 4-year-old son unless Victim 1 complied with their demands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The superseding indictment alleges that Victim 1 ultimately signed the documents, thereby relinquishing his multimillion-dollar interest in Jiangsu Sinorgchem. He did so because he feared for his and his family&#8217;s safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Although Lankford told Victim 1 that he would be arrested and deported if he reported the incident to police, Victim 1 immediately contacted the Irvine Police Department (IPD) after the defendants left his home. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Lankford thereafter spoke with an IPD officer and falsely claimed that he had been at Victim 1\u2019s home for a legitimate law enforcement purpose, that Victim 1 consented to all parties being in his home, and that no force was used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">By November 2019, all the defendants had been paid for their efforts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The unindicted co-conspirator paid Turbett\u2019s company approximately $419,813 for services rendered and emailed Turbett to thank him for a \u201cvery good job,\u201d the superseding indictment alleges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">If convicted, the defendants face up to 20 years in federal prison for each extortion-related count and up to 10 years in federal prison for each deprivation of rights-related count.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI is investigating this matter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department and Irvine Police Department provided substantial assistance.<b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3137606340MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Assistant U.S. State Attorney Cassie D. 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