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USA v. Broumand
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March 10, 2023
Ex-FBI Agent Appeals Atty Bribery Conviction To 9th Circ.
A former FBI agent who was convicted of accepting bribes to assist a disbarred attorney with criminal activity will appeal his conviction and six-year prison sentence.
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February 28, 2023
Ex-FBI Agent Gets 6 Years Over Bribes From Corrupt Atty
A California federal judge on Monday sentenced a former FBI counterintelligence agent to six years in prison following his conviction for accepting bribes to help a now-disbarred attorney further his criminal activity.
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February 14, 2023
Bribed Ex-FBI Agent Asks For 1.5 Years As Feds Seek Decade
A former FBI counterintelligence agent convicted of accepting bribes, hotel stays and a Ducati bike from a crooked lawyer has asked a California federal judge for 18 months of imprisonment, while prosecutors contended that his "serious" offenses that violated public confidence in the government justify a decade behind bars.
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October 04, 2022
Jury Convicts Ex-FBI Agent Of Taking Bribes From Dirty Atty
A California federal jury on Tuesday convicted retired FBI agent Babak Broumand of bribery for taking money and a $36,000 Ducati motorcycle from since-disbarred attorney Edgar Sargsyan in exchange for running searches on law enforcement databases that Sargsyan relied on to avoid detection by criminal investigators.
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October 03, 2022
Calif. Jury Reaches Verdict In Ex-FBI Agent's Bribery Trial
A California federal jury reached a verdict late Monday in the bribery trial of retired FBI agent Babak Broumand, who is accused of accepting cash, escort services and other gifts from a since-disbarred attorney, but court recessed for the day without the verdict being read.
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September 30, 2022
'Serial Liar' Or FBI Briber? Jury To Weigh Ex-Atty's Testimony
Ex-FBI agent Babak Broumand accepted cash, escorts and a Ducati bike from a since-disbarred attorney in exchange for sharing restricted information, federal prosecutors told a California jury during closing statements on Friday while defense counsel maintained the attorney — the government's star witness — is a "serial liar" who can't be trusted.
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September 29, 2022
Ex-FBI Agent Admits Failing To Report Atty's $36K Ducati Gift
A retired FBI agent accused of bribery acknowledged Thursday in California federal court that he should have reported on financial disclosure forms that the $36,000 Ducati motorcycle from a since-disbarred attorney was a gift, but he denied that it was a bribe and rejected accusations that he failed to report it to conceal their relationship.
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September 28, 2022
Ex-FBI Agent Denies Taking Bribes To Run Searches For Atty
A retired FBI agent took the stand in his own bribery trial in California federal court Wednesday, denying that he conducted searches on a restricted law enforcement database in exchange for cash and gifts from a since-disbarred Beverly Hills lawyer who was tangled up in criminal enterprises.
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September 27, 2022
Atty Who Allegedly Helped Witness Cheat On Bar Pleads 5th
A former law partner of disbarred attorney-turned-cooperating-witness Edgar Sargsyan — whom Sargsyan allegedly paid to take a bar exam for him — invoked his Fifth Amendment right Tuesday in an ex-FBI agent's bribery trial, refusing to answer questions that ranged from the partner's relationships with Armenian crime mobsters to gifts the FBI agent received.
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September 26, 2022
'6th Sense' Not Enough For FBI Database Search, Agent Says
An FBI agent testifying in former colleague Babak Broumand's bribery trial told jurors Monday that Broumand, accused of running database searches for a now-convicted attorney and others, wouldn't be allowed to conduct searches because of a "sixth sense" or an uneasy feeling about a suspect's behavior at a party.