Grand jury indicts two men who allegedly posed as federal agents, gave Secret Service agents gifts

Two men accused of posing as Homeland Security personnel and heaping lavish gifts on Secret Service agents were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on charges of false impersonation of an officer of the United States and unlawful possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, according to a court filing.

Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 36, were arrested on April 6 but U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Harvey released the men last Wednesday under conditions that include supervision and GPS monitoring.

Both men were already charged by criminal complaint with false impersonation of an officer, but they were indicted for possessing a Glock magazine on Tuesday. Taherzadeh was also indicted for possession of five Sig Sauer magazines.

Prosecutors said in court that the FBI found multiple firearms as well as sniper scopes, body armor, and gas masks when they raided five apartments associated with the men earlier this month.- READ MORE