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.
FBI Agent Accused of Moonlighting for Armenian Mobsters Fate Now in Jury s Hands
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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.
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.
An FBI agent testifying Friday in the bribery trial of former colleague Babak Broumand said that he became "incredibly suspicious" of Broumand after discovering he'd used a restricted law enforcement database to run the name of a federal agent under investigation over his relationship with an Armenian crime boss.
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