DHS employee faked official letter to daughter's employer to solicit financial settlement
A Virginia man admitted that while he was employed by the Department of Homeland Security, he and his wife wrote a letter on fake State Department letterhead and impersonated an official in order to threaten a French couple who had employed their daughter as an au pair in Southern France.
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"The defendant's daughter alleged that she was mistreated by the Madiot family," court documents explained, without detailing the allegations of mistreatment.
"After hearing of these complaints from their daughter, the defendant and his wife together created a fraudulent letter to send to the Madiots," the filing said.
The counterfeit correspondence falsely informed the French couple that a "formal complaint" had been filed against them with the State Department for their alleged mistreatment, and it warned that they could be denied entry into the U.S. because of the claim.
Further, "[t]he letter implied that a 'financial settlement' paid to the Karau's daughter would be in the best interest of the Madiots," the filings reveal.
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Upon their receipt of the note, the French couple was described as "deeply concerned for any legal or other consequences they might face," and contacted the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., which brought the issue to the U.S. Embassy in Paris.
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