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ICE, FBI agents took bribes to provide 'protection,' cook books on immigration cases: Feds
The Washington Times ^ | Wednesday, April 29, 2020 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 04/29/2020 8:05:54 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

A Los Angeles-area lawyer bribed agents from the FBI and ICE to provide “protection,” for him, with one scouring law enforcement databases to warn him of ongoing investigations, while the other cooked the books to help a client and a relative with immigration matters, according to a plea agreement filed in federal court this week.

Edgar Sargsyan, the 39-year-old lawyer, also admitted he and an accomplice also took out credit cards in the names of foreigners who’d come to the U.S. on travel visas, then charged hundreds of thousands of dollars to their accounts.

He agreed to plead guilty to five felony counts ranging from conspiracy to commit bank fraud to bribing a public official to lying to investigators.

But authorities last week charged former FBI Agent Babak Broumand with conspiracy to commit bribery, accusing him of accepting cash and gifts from a Los Angeles-area lawyer. The details of the two cases appear to match up — particularly the allegation that Mr. Sargsyan paid $36,000 at a Ducati dealership for a motorcycle and accessories for the FBI agent. The same purchase shows up in the criminal information filed against Mr. Broumand.

The Los Angeles Times reported that Mr. Sargsyan worked with Lev Aslan Dermen, whom they described as a “reputed organized crime figure.”

The FBI agent was paid up to $10,000 a month, treated to lavish hotel stays and the Ducati motorcycle to scour federal law enforcement databases and spot ongoing investigations. He would then warn Mr. Sargsyan to “stay away” from certain people.

Mr. Sargsyan says the HSI agent was paid at least $77,000 to scour databases in order to help the lawyer’s associates.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ericholder; erikholder; fbi; holder; ice; obamalegacy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Soooo, is this sort of thing not allowed?


21 posted on 04/29/2020 8:52:42 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: gibsonguy

Typical Leave It To Beaver white boy, all American name right there.


22 posted on 04/29/2020 8:54:31 AM PDT by KobraKai
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To: Blue Highway
Will Hannuty still proclaim the rank and file FBI are good, honest and hard working people?

Maybe he will buy all of them a this a steak dinner.

23 posted on 04/29/2020 8:54:31 AM PDT by notaliberal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,)
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To: gibsonguy
The FBI is a model of integrity just like Joe Fingers Biden. President Trump should release all the records in General Flynn's case. It's time to put the cards on the table.
24 posted on 04/29/2020 9:01:16 AM PDT by Rdct29 (Democrats are the new Nazi's. They think they deserve total control over the people)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Any idea in which years the crimes were committed? Conveniently left out, at least in this part of the article.


25 posted on 04/29/2020 9:04:06 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

We know ‘stuff’ is going on just because of the large numbers of illegals living in our country... Illegals been getting help for years.


26 posted on 04/29/2020 9:06:44 AM PDT by GOPJ (Was misery & death worth the four bucks saved on the crappy waffle-iron 'made in China?)
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To: SpaceBar

Well, what a disgusting picture. I don’t suppose it ever occurred to you that if Hannity DIDN’T, make that caveat, that he’d be excoriated for not supporting those among the FBI that ARE straight and by the book?


27 posted on 04/29/2020 9:07:15 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: gibsonguy

OMG!!! FBI Agent BABAK BROUMAND!!! I thought the Agents were SO PURE and GOOD!!!


28 posted on 04/29/2020 9:10:08 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Lawyer right up there with news media.


29 posted on 04/29/2020 9:16:06 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not the first time this has happened.


30 posted on 04/29/2020 9:44:26 AM PDT by DPMD (uo)
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To: Flaming Conservative

I googled him, and he was involved with the Clintons... there was also a pic of him standing next to Obunghole...


31 posted on 04/29/2020 1:22:32 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bttt.

5.56mm


32 posted on 04/29/2020 1:24:55 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Learning of all the corruption makes my hair hurt. They’re ALL criminal pigs.

And yet tonight, Sean will say “ninety percent are good, decent people”. No; they’re not.


33 posted on 04/29/2020 1:27:21 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a SOUND MIND.)
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To: Blue Highway

“If the so called “good” agents are so good, why haven’t we heard of them turning in the bad ones”

THAT is the question.


34 posted on 04/29/2020 1:28:24 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a SOUND MIND.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

The Stasi were good people, too.


35 posted on 04/29/2020 1:52:31 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who could have guessed the Communist Revolution would arrive disguised as the common cold?)
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