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A Pasadena police lieutenant, American Armenian Vasken Gourdikian, whose Sierra Madre home was raided by federal authorities in February, may have sold dozens of guns online in the last four years, potentially violating state and federal laws barring officers from making a profit from certain firearm sales, according to dozens of posts on the message board Calguns, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.

An account profile on the Calguns website with the name “vgourdik” posted information indicating the user was a police officer in the San Gabriel Valley. The person behind that account has not logged on since the night before the February raid on Gourdikian’s home.

In May 2015, Gourdikian received a waiver allowing him to bypass the 10-day waiting period to buy a Glock 43 pistol. The waiver states the Glock was being purchased for off-duty use, not for resale.

But seven days later, vgourdik sold a gun of the same make and model on Calguns.

Gourdikian, however, did not have a Glock 43 in his possession when agents raided his home.

Vasken Gourdikian joined the Pasadena Police Department in 1994 and rose to the rank of lieutenant in 2013.  

He has not been charged since the raid and remains on paid leave pending an internal investigation.  

Police have refused to provide details about their investigation.

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