Rizve Ahmed Caesar, 36, son of Mohammad Ullah Mamun, vice-president of BNP’s cultural wing JaSaS, was sentenced by US District Judge Vincent L Briccetti of the Southern District of New York on Wednesday.
A Connecticut-resident, Caesar, had earlier pleaded guilty to bribing Special Agent Robert Lustyik for confidential documents and secret information of US law enforcing agencies in between September 2011 through March 2012.
He requested the confidential information to help him locate and harm his political rival and others associated with the intended victim, a US Justice department statement said.
He is currently on bail and will have to report to jail authorities on Apr 20.
Spokesperson of US Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York, Queliz Jennifer told bdnews24.com that the court also sentenced the deal’s middleman, Johannes Thaler, 51, to 30 months in prison.
Both of them were arrested on Aug 13, 2013 . In October, they pleaded guilty to bribery and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and honest services fraud.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on April 30, 2015 and could face up to 25 years in prison.
The justice department has not divulged the identity of the person whose information Caesar was trying to collect.