Federal prosecutors charged two men they say were posing as federal agents, giving free apartments and other gifts to U.S. Secret Service agents, including one who worked on the first lady's security detail.
The two men - Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 36 - were taken into custody as more than a dozen FBI agents charged into a luxury apartment building in Southeast Washington on Wednesday evening.
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, flat screen television, a generator, gun case and other policing tools, according to court documents. Prosecutors said four Secret Service employees were placed on leave earlier this week as part of the investigation.
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.
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