Fake Federal Agents-How did they even-?

[Matt Dillon]

"Two D.C. men posing as Homeland Security agents ran such a convincing and elaborate scheme that they fooled four Secret Service agents, including one on the first lady’s detail, into accepting extravagant gifts like penthouse apartments, iPhones and pricey rifles, the feds allege."


https://news.yahoo.com/feds-unravel-wild-scheme-fake-030619343.html

Were these guys acting alone, or are they foreign agents? This is a weird one.

 

[Matt Dillon]

Two men accused of posing as federal agents set to be released to home confinement

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fake-f...herzadeh-haider-ali-release-home-confinement/

 

[Matt Dillon]

https://appleinsider.com/articles/2...eral-agent-indictment-includes-gifted-iphones

 

[AProudLefty]

"Two D.C. men posing as Homeland Security agents ran such a convincing and elaborate scheme that they fooled four Secret Service agents, including one on the first lady’s detail, into accepting extravagant gifts like penthouse apartments, iPhones and pricey rifles, the feds allege."


https://news.yahoo.com/feds-unravel-wild-scheme-fake-030619343.html

Were these guys acting alone, or are they foreign agents? This is a weird one.

Yeah I heard about that. Pretty weird. Glad they caught them before they did any damage.

 

[ExpressLane]

"Two D.C. men posing as Homeland Security agents ran such a convincing and elaborate scheme that they fooled four Secret Service agents, including one on the first lady’s detail, into accepting extravagant gifts like penthouse apartments, iPhones and pricey rifles, the feds allege."


https://news.yahoo.com/feds-unravel-wild-scheme-fake-030619343.html

Were these guys acting alone, or are they foreign agents? This is a weird one.

Probably Pakistan.

 

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah I heard about that. Pretty weird. Glad they caught them before they did any damage.

I wonder what they were up to-if anything, even.

 

[AProudLefty]

I wonder what they were up to-if anything, even.

I think they were planning to kill the First Lady. Can't recall the details.

 

[Matt Dillon]

I think they were planning to kill the First Lady. Can't recall the details.

What good would that do?

 

[AProudLefty]

What good would that do?

Good question. Don't question the motives of irrational people.

 

[ExpressLane]

What good would that do?

There would be no one to lead the pResident around.

 

[Matt Dillon]

There would be no one to lead the pResident around.

Yeahbut..These guys are clearly Muslims. What would their motivation be?

 

[Celticguy]

Yeahbut..These guys are clearly Muslims. What would their motivation be?

killing her makes no sense but kidnapping her makes a lot of sense.

 

[Matt Dillon]

killing her makes no sense but kidnapping her makes a lot of sense.

There's no telling if they were even up to anything at all.

 

[Celticguy]

There's no telling if they were even up to anything at all.

nobody spends that much money just for fun. unlkess they have a last name of Musl

 

[Matt Dillon]

nobody spends that much money just for fun. unlkess they have a last name of Musl

Or money like that.

 

[Celticguy]

Or money like that.

but he DID make that weird tweet about dying under unusual circumstances.....
hmmmm

 

[Matt Dillon]

but he DID make that weird tweet about dying under unusual circumstances.....
hmmmm

I missed that part..

 

[Celticguy]

I missed that part..

wasnt in the story I just saw something about iot elsewhere, Drudge maybe

 

[Matt Dillon]

Another source, but no new info:

https://apnews.com/article/us-secret-service-956062f32e02854112b7c52794d202b2

Gonna try teh Heavy.

 

[Matt Dillon]

Okay, this tells a little bit more. It looks like one may be a foreign agent and the other guy was just playing around.

https://meaww.com/arian-taherzadeh-who-is-missouri-man-fake-dhs-agent-record

And a little more:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...eral-agents-fake-websites-ID-badges-guns.html