Ex-FBI agent Robert Lustyik Jr. won’t be getting out federal prison in Utah any time soon.
The website Lohud.com reports that afederal appeals court in Utah has denied his request to get out of the fed prison pending trial on conspiracy charges. His freedom was revoked March 19 after a judge found he violated his bail conditions and had contact with a witness in his case.
An FBI agent was charged with using his position to try and derail a federal probe into a business partner, the Justice Department announced.
A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City charged Lustyik Jr., 51, of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; Michael L. Taylor, 51, of Harvard, Mass., the principal of Boston-based American International Security Corporation (AISC); and Johannes W. Thaler, 49, of New Fairfield, Conn., each with one count of conspiracy, eight counts of honest services wire fraud, one count of obstructing justice and one count of obstructing an agency proceeding.
At the time of his indictment, the Justice Department issued a statement by then Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer.
“According to the indictment, while active in the FBI, former Special Agent Lustyik used his position in an attempt to stave off the criminal investigation of a business partner with whom he was pursuing lucrative security and energy contracts,” said Assistant Attorney General Breuer in a statement. “He allegedly acted through a childhood friend to secure promises of cash, purported medical expenses and business proceeds in exchange for abusing his position as an FBI agent. The alleged conduct is outrageous, and we will do everything we can to ensure that justice is done in this case.”
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