Jury Convicts INS Officer, Brother of Attempted Robbery of Credit Union
A federal jury Friday convicted an Immigration and Naturalization Service officer and his brother of conspiring to rob the Postal Service credit union in Los Angeles.
The INS officer, Sterling David Bias, 34, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit unarmed bank robbery in connection with the Sept. 21, 1995, holdup. His brother, Shawn Christopher Bias, 32, was convicted of conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery, armed bank robbery and using a firearm during the crime.
Prosecutors charged that Sterling Bias had an account at the credit union and knew that it received biweekly armored car deliveries of about $1 million in cash.
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