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Federal Air Marshal Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Bribery

U.S. Attorney’s Office May 20, 2009
  • Eastern District of Pennsylvania (215) 861-8200

PHILADELPHIA—Fremon Myles, 44, of Bowie, Maryland, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for two counts of bribery of a public official, announced United States Attorney Laurie Magid.  Myles pleaded guilty on February 20, 2009, to accepting two bribes while he was a federal air marshal for the Transportation Security Administration.  Myles accepted the first bribe in exchange for conducting a check of a law enforcement database to see whether an individual had any outstanding arrest warrants.  Myles accepted the second bribe in exchange for conducting a check of a law enforcement database to retrieve registration information for a vehicle license plate supplied to him by another individual.   

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Leo R. Tsao.

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