Description: Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy, cyberstalking, perjury and obstruction of justice.
Ian R. Diaz, 45, of Glendora, California, and his then-wife, an unindicted co-conspirator (CC-1), posed as a person with whom Diaz was formerly in a relationship (Jane Doe). In that guise, they sent themselves harassing and threatening electronic communications that contained apparent threats to harm CC-1; solicited and lured men found through Craigslist “personal” advertisements to engage in so-called “rape fantasies” in an attempt to stage a purported sexual assault on CC-1 orchestrated by Jane Doe; and staged one or more hoax sexual assaults and attempted sexual assaults on CC-1. Diaz and CC-1 then reported this conduct to local law enforcement, falsely claiming that Jane Doe posed a genuine and serious threat to Diaz and CC-1. Their actions caused local law enforcement to arrest, charge, and detain Jane Doe in jail for nearly three months for conduct for which Diaz and CC-1 framed her.
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge Harry A. Lidsky of the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (DOJ-OIG) Cyber Investigations Office, and Special Agent in Charge Zachary Shroyer of the DOJ-OIG Los Angeles Field Office made the announcement.
DOJ-OIG investigated the case.
Senior Litigation Counsel Marco A. Palmieri of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section (PIN) and Senior Trial Attorney Mona Sedky of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section prosecuted the case. Former PIN Trial Attorney Rebecca G. Ross provided significant assistance.
18:371 CONSPIRACY
(1)
18:371 CONSPIRACY
(1s)
18:2261A, 2 CYBERSTALKING
(2)
18:2261A,2 CYBERSTALKING
(2s)
18:1621 PERJURY
(3)
18:1621 PERJURY
(3s)
18:1519, 2 OBSTRUCTION
(4s)
Outcome: 06/22/2023 261 SEALED - EX PARTE APPLICATION (bm) (Entered: 06/23/2023)
06/22/2023 262 SEALED - ORDER (bm) (Entered: 06/23/2023)
06/22/2023 263 SEALED - DOCUMENT UNREDACTED VERSION FILED UNDER SEAL (bm) (Entered: 06/23/2023)
Defendant was sentenced to 19 years and one month in prison.
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