http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/federal-court-clerk-arrested-578451 The Smoking Gun August 16, 2012 AUGUST 16 -- In a shocking security breach, a federal court clerk in Los Angeles has been charged with selling information from sealed court documents detailing upcoming arrests and law enforcement raids targeting affiliates of an organized crime syndicate. Investigators discovered the alleged scheme earlier this year after a leader of the Armenian Power gang began cooperating with federal agents and prosecutors, according to an affidavit sworn by FBI Agent Corrie Lyle. A subsequent investigation identified Nune Gevorkyan, the U.S. District Court employee, as the source of the confidential information, and found that the woman’s husband, a convicted felon, passed the information on to L.A. crime figures. Gevorkyan, 35, and Oganes Koshkaryan were named this week in a felony criminal complaint charging them with conspiracy to obstruct justice. The unnamed Armenian Power turncoat -- a convicted felon whose rap sheet includes numerous violent crime convictions -- was one of 90 gang members and associates indicted last year on a variety of charges, including racketeering, extortion, kidnapping, and narcotics distribution. [...]Received on Fri Aug 17 2012 - 05:06:30 PDT
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