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| Bangladeshi pleads guilty to attempted bribery of FBI agent |
| 2014-10-21 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Two Connecticut men, including a Bangladeshi national, have pleaded guilty of bribery charges, admitting that they tried to bribe a former FBI agent in the US for access to confidential documents concerning a prominent Bangladeshi politician. Johannes Thaler, 51, of Fairfield County, and Rizve Ahmed âCaesar,â 35, of Danbury, pleaded guilty before US District Judge Vincent L Briccetti of the Southern District of New York. They also admitted that they had participated in a scheme to obtain confidential, internal law enforcement documents and information from a former FBI special agent in White Plains, New York. Both Thaler and Rizve admitted to participating in a bribery scheme with Robert Lustyik, a former FBI special agent in White Plains who worked on the counterintelligence squad. In pleading guilty, Thaler and Rizve admitted that between September 2011 and March 2012, Thaler and Lustyik solicited bribes from Rizve, in exchange for Lustyikâs agreement to provide internal, confidential documents and other confidential information to which Lustyik had access by virtue of his position as an FBI special agent. |
| Posted by:Fred |