Brooklyn Cop Gets 3 Months For Perjury And Faking Evidence, Feds

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK -- A former NYPD detective will spend three months in prison for fabricating evidence in a carjacking case and lying about it under oath, federal prosecutors announced Monday.

Michael Foder, 42, might have faced up to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to perjury, admitting he doctored photo line-ups in a livery car theft that took place in Brooklyn in 2015, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

Foder was arrested in February 2018 after investigators discovered he lied during court proceedings in December 2016, said prosecutors.

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While Foder testified he showed photo arrays to his witness on Nov. 27, 2015 and Feb. 14, 2016, investigators found the filler photos had been taken after those dates, prosecutors said.

Foder resigned from the NYPD shortly before pleading guilty to perjury in Brooklyn Federal Court in August, said prosecutors.

U. S. Attorney Richard Donoghue said in an official statement, “in choosing to lie, this defendant undermined fellow officers and rendered himself unfit to serve as a law enforcement officer."