Secret Service agents received gifts from two men who were posing as federal agents, federal prosecutors said.
WASHINGTON -- One of two men accused of impersonating federal agents and giving actual Secret Service agents gifts and free apartments in Washington has claimed to have ties to Pakistani intelligence and had visas showing travel to Pakistan and Iran, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Prosecutors believe the men were trying to"ingratiate themselves" and"integrate" with U.S. federal agents and people who worked in the U.S. defense community, Rothstein said. Prosecutors say the men had also set up surveillance in the building and had been telling residents there that they could access any of their cellphones at any time. The residents also told investigators they believed the men had access to their personal information.
Taherzadeh is accused of providing Secret Service officers and agents with rent-free apartments - including a penthouse worth over $40,000 a year - along with iPhones, surveillance systems, a drone, a television, a generator, a gun case and other policing tools, according to court documents. In one instance, Taherzadeh offered to purchase a $2,000 assault rifle for a Secret Service agent who is assigned to protect the first lady, prosecutors said.
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