Former FBI Agent Robert Lustyik Sentenced in Bribery Case

Sleepy Hollow resident, and former FBI agent, Robert Lustyik was sentenced Monday to five years in prison on bribery charges, according to federal prosecutors.

Lustyik pleaded guilty in December, 2014, to several charges related to bribery in connection with selling classified documents while he was a member of a counterintelligence squad out of the FBI’s White Plains office.

“Robert Lustyik today admitted to conducting a bribery scheme in which, for his own personal gain, he secretly sold information and documents to which he had access as an FBI agent,” said United States Attorney Preet Bharara in a statement in December. “Lustyik betrayed our system of justice: he breached not only the law, but also his sworn oath, and the great trust and confidence placed in him by citizens and colleagues. For his criminal conduct he now faces, as he must, serious, commensurate penalties.”

According to federal prosecutors, Lustyik sold information about a “prominent citizen of Bangladesh” to this individual’s political rival.

In addition to Lustyik, two other men, Tarrytown native Johannes Thaler and Danbury, Conn. resident Rizve Ahmed, also were embroiled in the scheme and were sentenced separately to less time. 

Lustyik is a former star football player from Sleepy Hollow High School, reports The Journal News.