Impersonator Sentenced to 3 Years for Tricking Secret Service Agents

A Washington, D.C., man, Arian Taherzadeh, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for impersonating a federal law enforcement officer. Taherzadeh and another man operated a business called United States Special Police LLC (USSP), falsely claiming to be part of the Department of Homeland Security. They tricked Secret Service officers by offering them expensive apartments and gifts, including a penthouse worth over $40,000 a year. Taherzadeh pleaded guilty to conspiracy and unlawful possession of a large-capacity ammunition feeding device. He was also ordered to pay $706,218 in restitution. His accomplice, Haider Ali, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and bank fraud and was sentenced to 68 months in prison.