Kenneth W. Kaiser, a former assistant director in the FBI’s Boston office, is facing federal ethics charges related to his alleged involvement with the bureau after he was hired by LocatePlus, a tech business in Peabody, Mass, that sells access to personal data and other information.

Kaiser, 57, of Hopkinton, was charged with violating a federal ethics law which prohibits executives from contacting an agency they were previously employed by for one year, after leaving.

Kaiser worked with the FBI for 27-years before retiring in 2009. Just 17 days after his retirement, Kaiser started having various prohibited phone, in-person and electronic contacts with FBI employees regarding the bureau’s investigative matters, according to the Connecticut U.S. Attorney’s Office. During the one-year ban, mandated by federal law, Kaiser reportedly engaged in prohibited contacts with FBI employees in order to gauge interest in LocatePlus products and services, according to the Boston Business Journal report.

Kaiser allegedly joined LocatePlus as a consultant in July 2009, the same day he retired from the FBI, before becoming the tech company’s Director of Government Sales in March 2010. Once hired, Kaiser was responsible for handling an internal investigation of CEO Jon Latorella and CFO James T. Fields. He was also tasked with boosting government sales for his company’s products, according to court documents.

In August 2009, after being hired by a Massachusetts executive who had received a threatening letter in the mail, Kaiser allegedly contacted the FBI’s Boston office, which, again, violated the one-year ban.

Kaiser faces one-year in jail and maximum fine of $100,000, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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