2 lives looted by an alleged identity thief
Prosecutor: He moved into their empty home, tapped $1.4M in equity
When a Grant City couple went overseas for the winter a year and a half ago, a Queens man allegedly stepped into their home and lives -- without their knowledge.
Using their personal information, and the deed to their Lincoln Avenue house as collateral, Ahmed Fayyaz illegally obtained home-equity loans and lines of credit from five different banks and financial lenders totaling about $1.4 million, prosecutors allege. (snip)
http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/1145539942200950.xml&coll=1
Foreign militant with suspected al-Qaida links killed in gunfight in Pakistan
A suspected foreign Islamic militant and a security official were killed in a gunfight at a roadblock in a remote northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border on Thursday, Pakistan's army spokesman said.
Two local intelligence agents said the slain militant was an Arab and had links with al-Qaida. One of the agents said authorities found a video camera, a laptop computer, hand grenades and some documents in the man's vehicle.
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One of the agents said the man's body had been transported to a hospital in the northwestern city of Peshawar for a DNA test.
He did not identify the slain man, but claimed he was a Saudi national and had links with top al-Qaida leaders.
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http://www.tkb.org/NewsStory.jsp?storyID=116270
(Was the guy REALLY tall???)