House Dem IT Suspects Wanted Untraceable Payments — And Sure Enough, Millions Disappeared

Daily Caller ^ | Jul 5, 2017 | Luke Rosiak

[Ray76]

A Pakistani family under criminal investigation by the U.S. Capitol Police for abusing their access to the House of Representatives information technology (IT) system may have engaged in myriad other questionable schemes besides allegedly placing “ghost employees” on the congressional payroll.

Imran Awan, his wife Hina, and brothers Abid and Jamal collectively netted more than $4 million in salary as IT administrators for House Democrats between 2009 and 2017. Yet the absence of signs of wealth displayed among them raise questions such as was the money sent overseas or did something other than paychecks motivate their actions?

But official documents, court records and multiple interviews suggest the crew may have engaged in tax fraud, extortion, bankruptcy fraud and insurance fraud and the money could have been funneled overseas. Abid has hired high-profile attorney James Bacon who specializes in anti-money laundering litigation.

The family owns significant amounts of Virginia rental properties, which are heavily financed, with second mortgages sometimes taken out. It’s unclear where the rental income goes because the Awans insist tenants pay in odd ways.

The Daily Caller News foundation interviewed multiple current and former tenants who said Imran insisted rent be paid in untraceable ways.

He only wants cash — for the security deposit, everything. The mortgage is probably $600, we pay $1,800 a month,” one said.

“I would write the rent to all sorts of different people,” another claimed. While still another tenant said the family insisted on blank money orders.

[neverevergiveup]

“Neither you, I or anyone else has enough time on this earth to undo the corruption that has grown so enormous within our own government.”

There is a solution, but it would require a Constitutional Convention and an amendment to the Constitution enacting strict term limits.

[joshua c]

It appears they attended Charlie Rangel’s course on real estate management.

[dblshot]

This makes the 1992 House Bank Scandal look like peanuts.

[Clay Moore]

Somehow it is quite ironic when thieves steal from the left and they don’t seem to even care.

[wtd]

This thread's headline

• "House Dem IT Suspects Wanted Untraceable Payments — And Sure Enough, Millions Disappeared "

  reminds one of another April 7th 2014 headline from Fox:

• $6 Billion Went Missing From Hillary Clinton's State Department...Where Did The Money Go?

  Now consider this [Congressional-Awan Bros. IT/Pakistani ISI scandal] is the singular scandal the public is only now becoming acquainted with. How many other similar infiltrations/thefts from the American treasury have taken place &/or continue to take place? Surely, the Muslim Brotherhood isn't the only group clever enough to penetrate this nation's top security efforts? The Mexican cartels, Cuban and other Latin interests, China ... how much uranium interests were recently exchanged with Russia?

  Given the level of care provided by our nation's top security experts to vet one 'Barrack Hussein Obama's' credentials - why are we shocked that the Awan brothers received "Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information Security (TS/SCI) Clearance"?

  Here's a link to the Congressional letter requesting funding and specific clearances for Congressional support staff dated March 2016 so their staffers could obtain “Top Secret — Sensitive Compartmented Information” clearances. TS/SCI is the highest-level security classification. " signed by

• Jackie Speier
• Luis Gutierrez
• Jim Himes
• Andre Carson
• Eric Swalwell
• Terri Sewell
• Mike Quigley
• Patrick Murphy
  

[wtd]

Ann Archy wrote: "The State Dept is missing 6 BILLION under Hilliary....where is THAT money?

GMTA...I was thinking along the very same lines...see above comment on #26.

[utahagen]

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but here’s one reason this story is being under-reported: any reporter/journalist who isn’t a big name, and who investigates this story, puts himself at risk of being murdered. Most of these Pakistani IT folks got themselves out of the country pretty quickly, wiring money before they went, when the walls started closing in. If this story could lead to the political downfall of several people, how tough would it be for one of these shady characters to pay someone, say, 10k to shoot some DC reporter in the head?

[Don Corleone]

A lot of that money probably was recycled as campaign contributions.

[rlmorel]

These people are nationals of the country that gave refuge to Osama Bin Laden.

They were fleeing back to that country.

Did they extract more from the computers than dirt on dirty politicians and send it home...to whom?

The Awans have links to a Hizbollah-related fugitive, and theyre deeply
involved in money scams, extortion, and threats of violence.

I am more concerned about national security than money laundering, that is my opinion.

To me, it is beyond belief that they are Pakistani nationals, up to their necks in this involved intimately with American lawmakers who may be on committees that deal in national security matters, and this would all be unknown to Pakistani intelligence, who are not our friends.

And Awan had the complete passwords to the system for Wasserman-Schultz. Meaning he could likely login and not only see what she had on her system, but had access to other systems not on her computer.

Any mention the media makes of this is about money laundering...but I have a sinking feeling this could be on the level of a Phiby spy scandal.

[Vaduz]

Wanted Untraceable Payments sounds like what Watergate was all about.

[bgill]

More likely BILLIONS disappeared along with top secret intel.

[txrefugee]

Sounds like a massive money laundering operation under the auspices of the DCN. Too bad Bob “Blood Dog” Mueller is busy trying to find a crime to impeach Trump for or that modern Dick (Tracy) could be on the trail of millions in mysterious payments to Pakistan through the Awan clan. There are really BIG name Dems who ought to go to prison for this, but probably won’t because prisons are for the Little People.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Any mention the media makes of this is about money laundering...but I have a sinking feeling this could be on the level of a Phiby spy scandal.

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Are we destined not to hear much more about it, due to media collusion?

[sportutegrl]

Didn’t Obama shovel billions in literal cash to Iran? What are they doing with that untraceable money?

[hal ogen]

Traitors in our midst. Invest in rope and guilotines.

[JayAr36]

Traitors in our midst. Invest in rope and guilotines.

Yes it’s called the democrat party.

[ncfool]

Because its ties all the dirty deeds of the DNC and their campaign against Bernie Sanders.

It shows how they wanted to win even if laws were broken. They could not bring the FBI in as they would see the laws that had been broken. This whole scandal will bring down the Democrats , The DNC and their leaders. This is a BIG TIME BOMB.

PAYOFF’S AND AND PAYMENTS to keep quiet. Why was this guy still being paid by DWS. She wanted to avoid jail. DWS will go down and the folks around her Donna Brizzle was tied to it ash was Hillary.

SETH RICH was murdered by the DNC. Awan and brothers and DNC had learned that Seth was heading to the FBI. He was whacked. Hopefully this whole thing will blow up in the next six months. Too much strange things sourcing the Brothers Awan.

Why was he still being paid by DWS?

Glad that the Feds just put the ankle bracelet on him. Let him run around DC and be observed who he sees and what he does. You have to know that somebody is watching his every move and every phone call.

Will he get the ultimate gift from The Clintons? ARKANCIDE? I hope not until he exposes the crimes of the DNC.

[butlerweave]

Are they just crooks or are they funding Terrorists ?

[Kozy]

They have incorporated a Subchaphet S Corporation and received all monies into it. Once there they could deem everything an expense and really reduce the tax burden.

[wiggen]

I think you made a start there. The 1.3mm went into properties which from the article they used to collect money that was never taxed. They had to be pulling in at least 15k a month in rents plus they apparently took out a few hundred thousand in mortgages which they didn’t pay back.In truth we have no idea except it adds up to a lot.