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Man Poses As ‘Good Morning America’ Producer, New York Times Reporter To Obtain Government Docs...
CBS Philly ^ | July 24, 2019 | CBS Staff

Posted on 07/24/2019 10:03:30 PM PDT by Brown Deer

DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa. (CBS) — A Delaware County man faces several charges after he allegedly posed as a “Good Morning America” producer and a New York Times reporter. District Attorney Kat Copeland made the announcement on Wednesday morning.

Copeland said Nikolaos Tzima Hatziefstathiou, also known as “Nik the Hat,” has been charged with creating a false, racist government email, identity theft and tampering.

Hatziefstathiou claimed he was the editor in chief for YC News.

Copeland said it was all in an effort to obtain government documents.

“From April 23 to April 25, Nik Hatziefstathiou, after creating fake email accounts posing as Stephanie Wash, a “Good Morning America” producer, and Liam Stack, a New York Times reporter, sent several emails to the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office repeatedly asking for any reports as well as a comment regarding a claimed ‘decade-long scheme’ involving ‘Delaware County agencies,'” Copeland said.

Authorities say they contacted the journalists and they say they did not send those emails.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: delawarecounty; fraud; gma; greek; greektome; hatziefstathiou; identitytheft; impostor; iraq; liamstack; middleeast; nikthehat; nyt; stephaniewash; syria; turkey
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1 posted on 07/24/2019 10:03:30 PM PDT by Brown Deer
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To: Brown Deer

“...has been charged with creating a false, racist government email...”

What?


2 posted on 07/24/2019 10:19:23 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: Brown Deer

Nik “hats off to you”?
(That appears to be the pronunciation of it)

Is this real?


3 posted on 07/24/2019 10:38:59 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Brown Deer

What did he do that Steele did not?


4 posted on 07/24/2019 10:52:02 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Brown Deer

Wow what an impressive resume!

He could work in the Obama administration with all those lies!


5 posted on 07/24/2019 10:55:11 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Oddly enough, no one could tell the difference between the phony and the fake journalists.

6 posted on 07/24/2019 11:12:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Brown Deer

What kind of name is that? Greek?

What was his ultimate goal in getting these docs?


7 posted on 07/24/2019 11:27:47 PM PDT by Boomer
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To: Darksheare
Hatziefstathiou

Gesundheit!

8 posted on 07/25/2019 12:05:30 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: SunkenCiv

“Oddly enough, no one could tell the difference between the phony and the fake journalists.”

Funny!!!


9 posted on 07/25/2019 12:21:21 AM PDT by missthethunder
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To: Boomer

Even the Mormons haven’t got that name in the database


10 posted on 07/25/2019 12:33:15 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Brown Deer

Stephanie Wash, one of the people this dude posed as, frequently worked with Bob Woodruff.


11 posted on 07/25/2019 12:37:47 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Darksheare
Is he the cousin of Haywood Jablome?

-PJ

12 posted on 07/25/2019 12:40:14 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Brown Deer

To get an idea of what kind of docs he would have been looking for ... Liam Stack, the other reporter he posed as:

Liam Stack is a reporter for The New York Times. ... holds an MA in Middle Eastern politics and Arabic from New York University (2012) and a BA in International affairs, Islamic history, and Arabic from Georgetown University (2005). During college, he studied abroad at The American University in Cairo. ...


13 posted on 07/25/2019 12:42:01 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: piasa

She’s been reporting on race issues in the military and on the Smolett case


14 posted on 07/25/2019 12:53:18 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Boomer

Bump...info on the reporters he posed as for clues


15 posted on 07/25/2019 12:54:25 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: missthethunder
:^) I'd love to be the warmup speaker at the Pubbie nominating convention.

16 posted on 07/25/2019 12:59:23 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Brown Deer

Isnt qnyone more concerned that our collectivist lynching media has exclusive access to sensitive or important government informations?
It is like the banks with the Federal Reserve first dibs!


17 posted on 07/25/2019 1:45:49 AM PDT by lavaroise
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To: Political Junkie Too

Maybe


18 posted on 07/25/2019 1:56:37 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: piasa

“Watch out, it’s contagious!”


19 posted on 07/25/2019 1:56:56 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Brown Deer

Only in Delco...lol


20 posted on 07/25/2019 4:40:51 AM PDT by major_gaff (University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
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