Eghbal Saffarinia, Falsifying Financial Disclosure, Virginia 2023
A 63-year-old man from Front Royal, Virginia, engaged in a scheme to conceal his financial relationship with a personal friend who was the owner and chief executive officer of an information technology company.
Eghbal 'Eddie' Saffarinia, a former Assistant Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for engaging in a scheme to conceal his financial indebtedness to a government contractor and personal friend.
During a period in which Saffarinia received payments and loans from his friend totaling $80,000, he disclosed confidential internal government information to his friend and steered government contracts and provided competitive advantages and preferential treatment to his friend's company.
Saffarinia also failed to disclose this financial relationship and another large promissory note on his public financial disclosure forms.
In September 2022, Saffarinia was convicted after trial of one count of concealing material facts, three counts of making false statements, and three counts of falsifying a record or document.
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Criminal Division, Assistant Director in Charge David Sundberg of the FBI Washington Field Office, and Inspector General Thomas A. Monheim of the Intelligence Community made the announcement.
The FBI Washington Field Office and the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community investigated the case.
Senior Litigation Counsel Edward P. Sullivan and Trial Attorneys Rosaleen T. O'Gara and John P. Taddei of the Criminal Division's Public Integrity Section prosecuted the case.
Saffarinia's scheme to conceal his financial relationship and receive payments and loans from his friend was uncovered, and he faces a sentence of one year and one day in prison.
His actions demonstrate a clear breach of trust and a disregard for the integrity of government contracts.
Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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