Oakland, CA — Morteza Amiri, a police officer with the Antioch Police Department, has been convicted by a federal jury of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a scheme to fraudulently obtain pay raises. Amiri is the sixth officer to be found guilty in this conspiracy, which involved officers from the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments. The conviction was announced by U.S. Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and FBI San Francisco Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp, following a four-day trial overseen by U.S. Senior District Judge Jeffrey S. White.
U.S. Attorney Ramsey emphasized the importance of integrity in law enforcement, stating, “We expect integrity and honesty from every police officer, every day, in the police departments across this country. Amiri failed to uphold these basic responsibilities, and a federal jury has convicted him of defrauding his employer, the Antioch Police Department. He, along with the other officers he conspired with, now face the consequences of violating the rule of law that they swore to uphold.”