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    CBS Local, CA
    Aug 15 2012


    Federal Court Employee Charged With Leaking Confidential Information
    To Armenian Gang

    August 15, 2012 6:25 PM


    LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal courts employee and her husband have been
    charged with accessing and leaking confidential information to tip off
    suspected criminals before their arrest, including the takedown of an
    Armenian gang last year, authorities said Wednesday.

    Nune Gevorkyan, 35, and Oganes Koshkaryan, 40, both of Los Angeles,
    were each charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. If convicted,
    they face up to 20 years in prison. Phone messages left for their
    attorneys were not immediately returned.

    Federal authorities said they believe Gevorkyan looked at sealed
    indictments before raids across Southern California in February 2011
    that led to the arrests of more than 70 people associated with the
    Armenian Power gang. Most of the charges filed in those cases dealt
    with white-collar crimes.

    One of the defendants, who is seeking a reduced sentence, told FBI
    agents that information about the takedown was known to some of those
    arrested.

    `The cooperating defendant said that, as a result of this information,
    he/she fled his/her home the night before the arrests and stayed with
    family in another city,' according to court documents. The defendant
    later surrendered.

    Authorities said Koshkaryan acted as an intermediary who promised he
    could get confidential information from the court system in exchange
    for cash. On at least two occasions, Koshkaryan delivered information
    from sealed court records to an FBI informant, authorities said.



    Last month, the informant asked Koshkaryan for information related to
    a person who is currently under investigation, according to court
    documents. During a recorded conversation, Koshkaryan told the
    informant the person was going to be arrested soon, authorities said.

    In another related instance where information was provided regarding
    another person, the informant paid Koshkaryan $2,000, an affidavit
    said.

    A court records search by FBI agents revealed that a log-in assigned
    to Gevorkyan had accessed sealed court documents pertaining to the two
    ongoing investigations.

    Last week, the informant told Koshkaryan the details obtained from the
    sealed documents were `gold.'

    `Based on the information that Koshkaryan had provided to the
    informant, Target Two had already fled for his/her safety,' court
    documents showed.

    Gevorkyan worked as a clerk where criminal documents are filed in
    downtown Los Angeles for the past two years. Her employment status is
    currently pending review.

    http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/08/15/federal-court-employee-charged-with-leaking-confidential-information-to-armenian-gang/

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