LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - Cody Hiland, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced that a DEA special agent, 42-year-old Nathan Koen, was arrested on federal bribery and drug conspiracy charges.
Koen was arrested yesterday, Dec. 4, on a federal complaint that is charging him with accepting bribes in connection to his duties and for being part of a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Koen appeared in court on Dec. 4 and was detained following his appearance.
According to the federal complaint charging him, Koen accepted multiple cash payments from a known drug dealer from 2016 to 2018, in exchange for providing information which assisted the drug dealer’s criminal activities.
The bribery crime with which Koen is charged is punishable by up to 15 years’ imprisonment, while the drug distribution charge is punishable by up to life in prison. Assistant United States Attorneys Benecia Moore and Chris Givens are prosecuting the case, which is being investigated by the FBI.
