U.S. Marshal Tried to Frame Ex for Despicable Sex Crimes
In California, a former U.S. Marshal, Ian R. Diaz, and his then-wife used the Internet to frame Diaz’s former girlfriend for a series of crimes.
This is according to a statement that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published late last week.
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The DOJ did not identify U.S. Marshal Diaz’s then-wife and referred to her only as an unindicted co-conspirator (or CC-1). The agency referred to Diaz’s former girlfriend only as Jane Doe.
“In that guise, they [Diaz and his then-wife] sent themselves harassing and threatening electronic communications that contained apparent threats to harm CC-1; solicited and lured men found through Craigslist ‘personal’ advertisements to engage in so-called ‘rape fantasies’ in an attempt to stage a purported sexual assault on CC-1 orchestrated by Jane Doe; and staged one or more hoax sexual assaults and attempted sexual assaults on CC-1,” the DOJ said.
“Diaz and CC-1 then reported this conduct to local law enforcement, falsely claiming that Jane Doe posed a genuine and serious threat to Diaz and CC-1. Their actions caused local law enforcement to arrest, charge, and detain Jane Doe in jail for nearly three months for conduct for which Diaz and CC-1 framed her.”
Federal officials late last month sentenced Diaz to 10 years and one month in prison on charges of conspiracy to commit cyberstalking, cyberstalking, perjury, and obstruction of justice.
Per federal law, U.S. Marshals must pass an initial Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) and successfully pass periodic reinvestigations. They must also qualify to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret clearance.
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There are other examples of corrupt federal employees.
As RVIVR reported in April, a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) worker in Georgia accepted bribes from a drug trafficker and hand-delivered cocaine and marijuana along his mail route, on taxpayer time.
When that man, Robert Sheppard, 61, later had to take disability leave from the U.S. Postal Service he recruited his co-workers to take over for him.
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