FORMER FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS’ PROBATION FOR PROVIDING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

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NEWARK,N.J. – A former special agent of the FBI was sentenced today to four years ofprobation for his role in acquiring confidential information relating to anundercover law enforcement operation and giving it to another individual, U.S.Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
IvanStantchev, 43, of Alexandria, Va., previously pleaded guilty before U.S.Magistrate Judge Michael A. Hammer to an Information charging him with causinganother to exceed authorized access to an FBI computer, thereby obtaining confidential,non-public information from an FBI computer, which he provided to anotherindividual. U.S. District Judge Faith S. Hochberg imposed the sentence today inNewark federal court.
Accordingto documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
InJune 2011, Stantchev, then a special agent with the FBI, was asked by the otherindividual to obtain confidential, non-public information in connection withfour telephone numbers and any individuals associated with those numbers.Stantchev asked an FBI colleague (Individual 1) located in the New York Metroarea to obtain this information from confidential FBI computers.OnJune 30, 2011, Individual 1 sent Stantchev an electronic document through theFBI’s email system detailing confidential, non-public information from certainFBI databases, including the existence of an ongoing FBI investigation inNewark, N.J.; the federal offenses being investigated; the related FBI casenumber; the name of the FBI’s operation; and notations confirming the existenceof an undercover law enforcement operation in Newark. Stantchev provided thisconfidential, non-public information to the other individual.
U.S.Attorney Fishman credited special agents of the U.S. Department of Justice,Office of Inspector General New York Field Office, under the direction ofSpecial Agent in Charge James E. Tomlinson, for the investigation leading totoday’s sentence. He also thanked the FBI for its assistance and cooperation inthe investigation.
Thegovernment is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sandra Moser and JacquesS. Pierre of the Special Prosecutions Division in Newark.12-430