Former US marshall sentenced to 10 yrs. Used position to frame girlfriend..she spent 88 days in jail [View all]

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https://www.ocregister.com/2023/06/30/ex-u-s-marshal-who-framed-ex-girlfriend-over-anaheim-condo-dispute-gets-10-years/

A former deputy U.S. marshal was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison on Friday, June 30 for posing as his ex-girlfriend and sending messages to himself threatening the sexual assault of his wife, federal authorities said.

Ian Richard Diaz, 45, of Glendora, framed his ex-girlfriend Michelle Suzanne Hadley over six months in 2016 to get her to give up her share of a condo they owned in Anaheim, U.S. Justice Department officials said.

Diaz, formerly of Brea, was convicted in March of conspiracy to commit cyberstalking, cyberstalking, perjury and obstruction of justice after a week-long trial in federal court in Downtown Los Angeles.

From May to October 2016, shortly after Diaz and his now ex-wife, Angela Diaz, were wed, the couple set up online accounts in Hadley’s name, then used those accounts to make it appear as though Hadley was threatening Angela Diaz.

They also posed as Hadley, of Ontario, on Craigslist to solicit men for non-consensual “rape fantasies” targeting Angela Diaz, prosecutors said.

And the couple claimed a masked man who attacked Angela Diaz in their garage was sent by Hadley. The attack was bogus.



Ian Diaz leveraged his position as a U.S. Marshal while reporting the false crimes to Anaheim police, who arrested Hadley and held her in jail for 88 days, prosecutors said in a sentencing memorandum filed two weeks prior to Friday’s sentencing hearing.