Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali bribed Secret Service members in an effort to pose as members of a faux Division of Homeland Safety activity pressure.
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Two males had been arrested in Washington DC Wednesday for pretending to be federal operatives who gifted Secret Service brokers with lavish handouts in an effort to realize entry to them.
Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 36 posed as members of a faux Division of Homeland Safety activity pressure investigating violence related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot on the US Capitol, the feds stated.
The suspects allegedly arrange the ruse to ingratiate themselves with Secret Service brokers, who they equipped with rent-free luxurious flats, high-end electronics and policing tools.
One of many duped brokers labored on first woman Jill Biden’s safety element and was provided a $2,000 assault rifle from Taherzadeh, in line with prosecutors.
In one other occasion, the suspects allegedly equipped an agent with a penthouse house that was rented for greater than $40,000 a yr.
4 Secret Service members had been positioned on go away in reference to the investigation, officers stated.
The rip-off was uncovered when postal inspectors started trying into an assault on a mail provider on the suspects’ house constructing, and Taherzadeh and Ali recognized themselves as being members of a non-existent federal unit.
The alleged faux feds had additionally arrange surveillance within the constructing and advised different residents they might entry their cellphones and private data, investigators stated.
They had been arrested Wednesday night when greater than a dozen FBI brokers raided the luxurious constructing in Southeast DC.
With AP wires
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