Posted on 02/09/2006 10:35:07 AM PST by PreviouslyA-Lurker
Ahmed N. Dashti, 24, a UMKC student indicted by a federal grand jury for alleged counterfeiting, was arraigned Jan. 27. Dashti was released on a $100,000 cash deposit, according to Jim Cross, public affairs officer for the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Dashti faces charges of smuggling goods into the United States and dealing in counterfeit obligations or securities. These charges can carry penalties of up to 20 years imprisonment or a $250,000 fine, according to court records.
Dashti's attorney, K. Louis Caskey, said Dashti was the victim of a scam.
"I think this is an example of any student being dumb on the Internet," Caskey said. "Any person can get in this kind of trouble on the Internet."
Caskey added that the evidence will confirm this.
"Once the government has all the evidence in front of them the facts will speak for themselves," Caskey said.
Dashti stated he planned to deposit the checks into his account and wire the money to Janet Jones, allegedly from Nigeria. He said a $250,000 check in the package was from the settlement of Jones' grandmother's estate, according to court documents."
I hope they looked at the bills closely.
Exactly what I was thinking. Makes me think back
to the old Barney Miller series. I'm thinking of
the episode where they hauled this guy into the
station house for making obscene phone calls. They
give him one telephone call and what does he do?
He dials the number of one of the female police
officers in the station house.
The Nigerian scammers strike again. Geez, some people can be pretty stupid. Good thing he had rich parents.
First person I have heard about actually being taken in by the Nigerian enterprise. I suppose there must be such folks around because the business just keeps going on and on. My firewall arrangement has eliminated them from my email but my neighbor, who tallies the different scams says he gets 20-30 new ones a week.
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