I, Thomas Buckley, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that the testimony I shall give shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. To the best of my knowledge, I acknowledge that lying in a legal proceeding is perjury and a federal crime.
I am an Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Before I go further, I want to clarify something for the record, since I used more than one identity over the course of this investigation, and I want the Court to understand why.
While infiltrating the National Balla Association, I operated under the alias Pawel Walaszek. That is the identity the Defendant knew me by during the period covered in Exhibit H. During the Defendant's processing on July 13th, I was working under a separate alias, Jak Petisi, shown on my badge in Exhibit C.3. By the time I conducted the interrogation on July 20th, I identified myself under my real name, Thomas Buckley, as documented at the start of that recording.
While undercover as Pawel Walaszek, I personally observed the Defendant on two separate occasions inside NBA headquarters, loading and storing what I later confirmed to be weapons and narcotics into the organization's storage. Those observations are documented and dated in Exhibit C.1.
Also while under that alias, on July 2nd, 2026 at 17:14 CET, I observed the Defendant flying a Maverick helicopter directly into restricted airspace above the National Guard's Ocean Docks facility. He landed inside the fenced premises without authorization and personally handed two RPG cases to me directly. That exchange is documented in Exhibit H.
On July 4th, working under my agent capacity, I was present for the execution of the search warrant at NR 1307 and NR 236, alongside Special Agent in Charge Steven Collin and other agents. The items listed in Exhibit A were recovered from NR 1307 and the cannabis cultivation site at NR 236 was recorded at 20:51 CET that same day, documented in Exhibit B.
Following the Defendant's arrest on July 13th, working under the alias Jak Petisi, I conducted his processing. I read him his Miranda rights and he confirmed his understanding before being placed in a holding cell. That exchange is recorded in Exhibit C.3.
On July 20th, under my own name and identity I conducted an interrogation of the Defendant. During that conversation I asked whether he knew someone named Pawel Walaszek. I asked that question deliberately, to establish whether he recognized the name of the individual he had personally handed weapons to two weeks earlier, without disclosing that Pawel Walaszek and I were the same person. He denied knowing him. I also asked whether he wished to sign a document that could improve his standing before the Court. He declined, twice, and no statement or signature was obtained. Nothing from that interrogation was used to support any charge brought against him.
Based on what I personally observed and participated in over the course of this investigation, the Defendant's involvement with the National Balla Association was not a single occurrence. He was present at the organization's headquarters on multiple separate dates, directly handled and moved their weapons and narcotics stockpile himself and personally transferred restricted munitions into my hands under the belief I was a member of that organization. This was sustained, direct participation, not incidental presence.
AGENT — THOMAS BUCKLEY.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
— "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity."
Former Detective I • Former Gang Unit Team Leader • Former Detective Bureau Instructor
"In a world of noise, evidence speaks."
