Cid2001
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Registered: Nov 2001
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here is the info on this..more detailed..
http://www.gazette.com/stories/0806loc1-3.php?section=1
August 6, 2002
Man held in attempt to pose as agent
Iranian owned Springs business
By Barry Bortnick The Gazette
DENVER - A Colorado Springs bounty hunter was arrested Friday after he allegedly posed as a federal agent and threatened another man with a gun, according to an arrest affidavit filed in U.S. District Court.
Agents with the Immigration and Naturalization Service said Peyman Bahadori, 39, is an illegal immigrant from Iran with an extensive criminal history who started an investigation business in Colorado Springs.
Bahadori's business, U.S. Judgment Enforcement, reportedly tracked down those who skip out on bail, according to the affidavit.
INS agents arrested Bahadori after he passed himself off as a federal employee hired to hunt down and pick up illegal immigrants, according to the affidavit.
Federal agents also arrested him on suspicion of being a convicted felon in possession of a suspected firearm.
Bahadori's arrest history dates to 1986 when he was convicted on drug charges in Los Angeles. He was convicted of first-degree burglary and criminal mischief, according to the arrest affidavit.
The native of Iran was in INS custody for immigration violations from December 2000 to April 2001, according to the affidavit. He was on parole from the INS at the time of his arrest.
Bahadori's most recent run-in with the law began June 12 when he tried to arrest Aydin Mikilani, a fellow Iranian and a legal immigrant.
Armed with a star-shaped badge and a suspected Beretta 9 mm handgun, Bahadori went to Mikilani's job at the International House of Pancakes in Aurora and demanded to see Mikilani's green card, according to the affidavit.
Bahadori handcuffed Mikilani and led him away. Bahadori told Mikilani he was an "agent from Washington, D.C., who came to Denver to arrest 20 Middle Eastern persons," according to the affidavit.
The pair traveled to Mikilani's Aurora apartment to look for the green card. When Mikilani's uncle tried to intervene, Bahadori pointed the gun at the uncle, according to the affidavit.
Bahadori called the Aurora Police Department for backup.
Three or four officers arrived and stood by while Bahadori searched for the green card, according to the affidavit.
An Aurora police spokesman said the department will look into the case when the officers involved return to duty.
"There are a lot of questions that need to be raised here," said Detective Rudy Herrera, spokesman for the Aurora Police Department.
Bahadori found Mikilani's green card, determined it was genuine and released the handcuffed man.
Bahadoriis in federal custody awaiting a detention hearing Thursday.
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