Arian Taherzadeh masqueraded as a Secret Service agent for years and cozied up to several members by providing them with tens of thousands of dollars in gifts, federal prosecutors said.
One of two men accused of pretending to be federal law enforcement officers and duping Secret Service agents in Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to several.
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Prosecutors said the pair had tricked actual Secret Service officers and offered them expensive gifts in an effort to integrate with law enforcement agents, including an agent assigned to protect the first lady.