A former FBI special agent was convicted of accepting bribes worth at least $150,000 in exchange for providing law enforcement information to a lawyer with ties to organized crime.
Babak Broumand, 56, from California, was found guilty of two counts of bribery of a public official, one count of conspiracy, and one count of monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity, said the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a news release last week. Broumand is slated for a sentencing hearing on Jan. 30, 2023, during which he could face decades in prison.
