( KRON ) — A federal grand jury indicted a former FBI agent from Castro Valley under allegations of cyberstalking, witness tampering, and obstruction of a criminal investigation by bribery, the United States Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
Paul Raymond Flood, 54, is accused of cyberstalking a first-year law student who contacted him about pursuing a career with the FBI in the future. Flood made “unwelcome” romantic advances to the victim after she first contacted him in October 2018 and even talked her into a “sham marriage,” the DOJ said.
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Flood had a diamond ring delivered to the victim just weeks after they were introduced. He also used 79 different phone numbers to call and text the victim over the span of a year, per the DOJ.
Flood allegedly told the victim that he was surveilling her and her family and pressured a family member to have her unblock him. The victim did not report Flood for fear of retaliation until June 2019.