Shahid Shiekh
Posted on 01/05/2004 5:07:29 PM PST by Michael2001
He's given hundreds of flu shots over the past few months, but health officials say he isn't a doctor and they still don't know exactly what he's been injecting. It's a story you saw First on News 3. Shahid Shiekh is under police investigation after shutting down one of his clinics in Washington State. News 3 has learned that Shiekh has also operated an office in Henderson. News 3's Kori Chambers is digging deeper.
It's still unclear whether this phony doctor fooled any Las Vegans. We spoke with Shiekh's attorney and asked him point blank whether the man was giving injections here in Las Vegas. He would not comment, but if you log on to Shiekh's web site, you might think he was, with four providers listed in Las Vegas and Henderson. We called all four, and none of them knew who he was.
"There was no, apparently no process for validating his credentials. Anyone could have come in with that attire and that demeanor and injected whatever into us." Domingue thinks his family is one of hundreds across the west coast that might have been fooled. "He was a very pleasant, very nice. He put your fears at ease, but I still was a little uneasy."
Their step daughter is still running a fever after getting an a flu shot back in October. They think problem was the doctor, or rather, the man they thought was a doctor giving the vaccine. Shahid Shiekh is not licensed to be giving the flu vaccine, but Washington health officials believe that he was. His lawyer wouldn't tell us whether he was giving any of the vaccine here in the valley.
We have learned that Shiekh has been acting as broker between health care providers and Las Vegas companies, even into this year, but that's not illegal in itself, because he wasn't providing flu shots. Washington health officials are just beginning their investigation into whether Shiekh took a much more active role there.
Since Shiekh was giving flu shots to patients in Washington, the obvious question many of you might be having right now is, 'How can I know I'm getting the flu shot from a qualified person?' We talked to the Clark County Health District, who says there are four types of medical professionals who are legally allowed to give shots. They include a physician, a physician's assistant, a licensed practical nurse, and a pharmacist. Registered nurses and nurse practitioners may also be able to give flu shots. To make sure your doctor is licensed, use the web site above.
One suspect in anthrax case released from custody
February 21, 1998
Web posted at: 10:08 p.m. EST (0308 GMT)
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (CNN) -- One of the two men arrested for posession of what turned out to be non-lethal anthrax was released from custody Saturday evening. William Leavitt Jr., 47, thanked God, his family, law enforcement officials, a federal magistrate judge and his lawyers for getting him out of prison on his own recognizance, saying the past three days have been the "most difficult days of my life."
Leavitt and Larry Wayne Harris, 46, were arrested Wednesday night and charged with conspiracy to possess and possession of a biological agent. Leavitt's release came just hours after FBI agents raided the microbiologist's home north of Las Vegas in search of more evidence.
Pale and appearing on the verge of tears, Leavitt, a self-described medical researcher, said he has no hard feelings toward FBI investigators. "I understand what happened, and I understand the position the FBI took based upon the information they received," Leavitt told the media just after his release from the Clark County Detention Center. "I spent many, many hours in fasting and in prayer, and wanted the truth (to) be known."
One stipulation for Leavitt's release is that he "will not conduct or participate in any biological or biochemical treatment," according to court documents.
The FBI acknowledged earlier Saturday that test results so far show the confiscated anthrax is not the deadly military-grade version.
"We truly felt, and we feel now, that we had enough probable cause to believe there was a danger to the community," FBI agent Bobby Siller told reporters. "We had to act the way we did." Siller, special agent in charge of the FBI's Las Vegas office, said the arrests of Leavitt and Harris were made on the basis of information from witnesses, as well as surveillance and background checks.
Residents assured they are not in danger
Before their arrests, Harris and Leavitt had told more than one person that they had military-grade anthrax and planned to test it at a nearby medical center, Siller said.
Siller also reassured Las Vegas residents they are not in danger. "There is no reason for anybody to be concerned about any contaminants in this area," Siller said.
U.S. Army experts at Fort Detrick, Maryland, concluded the substance was not a biological weapon after completing a series of tests that began Friday morning, sources told CNN. The FBI confirmed Saturday that the confiscated version is a non-lethal type that veterinarians use.
The FBI apparently also seized other material in Ohio from houses owned by Harris. That material is still being tested at Fort Detrick, and those tests will not be completed before Monday.
Police suspect Harris gave 'inoculations'
Saturday, a Columbus, Ohio, police investigator said he believes Harris regularly gave some people injections that Harris claimed would protect them against biological agents. "It's something we've suspected and can't divulge our sources, but we think he was giving inoculations," Det. Rick Adrian said.
It was unclear how long Harris offered the injections, what the shots contained or whether anyone became sick because of them.
The FBI affidavit detailing the case against Harris says he claims to be an officer in the Idaho-based white separatist group Aryan Nations.
Mark Potok, a spokesman for the Southern Poverty Law Center, a national watchdog group that monitors extremist groups, told The New York Times that Harris traveled around the country, "meeting with extremist anti-government groups and inoculating them against anthrax."
Harris was previously given probation after pleading guilty to illegally obtaining bubonic plague bacteria through the mail in 1995.
Man suspected of having anthrax predicted attack Harris told talk show Iraqis poised to strike
February 20, 1998
Web posted at: 10:15 p.m. EST (0315 GMT)
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- A man arrested on charges of possessing what is believed to be the deadly toxin anthrax predicted on a radio talk show the day before his arrest that the United States would be the target of a major biological attack within two years.
Tuesday, Larry Wayne Harris, speaking on Talk America Radio Network's "The Buck Stops Here," gave a detailed description of what he said was a plot involving more than 200 "sleeper cells" of Iraqi students poised to unleash anthrax and bubonic plague bacteria on the American people. "The odds of us making it through even the end of this century without a major biological incident are very low," Harris said.
Harris, 46, and William Leavitt Jr., 47, were arrested Wednesday night in a Las Vegas suburb after an informant called the FBI to report the two men told him they had anthrax. They are being held at the Clark County Detention Center.
Laboratory test results to determine whether a substance seized was in fact anthrax were delayed Friday. No reason was given.
Leavitt's attorney: Tests will be negative
Leavitt's attorney, Lamond Mills, said in an interview with CNN in Las Vegas he believes the tests will prove negative. "On Monday, I think the test results will be in and show that it's non-toxic, and they're going to have to stand up and acknowledge that. And their case is going to be flushed," Mills said.
In the radio interview, Harris said he learned of a bacteriological threat against the United States because he was "heavily involved" in the training of Iraqis between 1985 and 1990 when he worked for a "corporation," an apparent reference to the CIA.
In the preface to his book, "Bacteriological Warfare: A Major Threat to North America," Harris claimed that he once worked for the CIA.
"I'm actually one of the scientists who was literally involved in training Iraqi microbiologists on how to conduct biological warfare defense," he said Tuesday. Harris claims Iraqi students smuggled 'biologicals' Harris said that after the 1991 Gulf War, he learned from a former Iraqi student he befriended that Iraqi "college students were now in the process of smuggling biologicals into the United States."
Harris then gave the radio audience a detailed descriptions of the methods the Iraqi students were using to grow the smuggled bacteria and distribute it to the "cells" around the U.S. for eventual attacks on U.S. cities. "Anthrax, if you take a commercial paint sprayer and went up the Hudson River and sprayed it out into the air, you have a mist that moves over Manhattan," Harris said.
"People unsuspectingly walking in that area breathe in the deadly microbes," he said. "There's no smell. There's no taste. There's no boom. There's no bang. There is no indication." The Iraqis were poised to attack at anytime, Harris said. "They are here, and they are very able to hit us whenever they want to," he said. Harris claimed that a single individual with a single container of anthrax could kill between 400,000 and 1.3 million people
Report: Harris admitted culturing anthrax
Back in November, Harris, a self-avowed white separatist, told U.S. News & World Report in an interview that he had cultured anthrax but did not plan to use it for any malicious purpose. The magazine quotes Harris predicting that the Aryan Nations -- a far-right group to which he once belonged -- would strike at federal officials with biological agents if "they arrest a bunch of our guys."
They would "get a test tube in the mail," he said.
Leavitt, a businessman, who like Harris, is a licensed microbiologist, owns clinical laboratories in Logandale, Nevada, and Frankfurt, Germany, and is said to have been trying to develop a vaccine for AIDS.
His attorney, Mills, says Harris and Leavitt met at a scientific convention in Denver last August and discussed a joint project to develop a vaccine for anthrax. Mills said that even if the lab tests are positive, federal officials "would have to prove that he knowingly was a part (of a conspiracy) to do something with that anthrax."
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Even if the guy wasn't trying to spread the plague or something of that magnitude, this could have long-ranging implications for a lot of people. It can take things like hepatitis and HIV months and months to show up in blood work. If someone is going to do something like this, whether as a scam or with more evil intent, is he going to bother with little details like proper sanitary procedures?
Scary stuff, from any angle.
NEVADA SECRETARY OF STATE
Company Name: MEDSOURCES, INC.
Type: NON-PROFIT N.R.S. Chapter: 82.006 - 82.541
Status: DELINQUENT
Status Date: 11/1/2003
Filing Date: 10/18/2002
Duration: PERPETUAL
State or Country of Incorporation: NEVADA
Purpose: ALL LEGAL ACTIVITIES; 25 REG; HAS NO GAMING
Registered Agent: PROF. SHAHID H SHEIKH
Status: ACCEPTED
Creation Date: 10/18/2002
Companies Represented: 1
Registered Office: 375 N STEPHANIE BLDG 7
HENDERSON, NV 89014
Annual Report: Date Due: 2003
Report Date: 1/14/2003
Comments: ANNUAL LIST OF OFFICERS; Number of Officers Reported: 4
Officers, Directors: PROF. SHAHID H SHEIKH
PRESIDENT
375 N STEPHANIE BLDG 7
HENDERSON, NV 89014
Added Date: 1/14/2003
PROF. SHAHID H SHEIKH
SECRETARY
375 N STEPHANIE BLDG 7
HENDERSON, NV 89014
Added Date: 1/14/2003
LIA J. SHEIKH
TREASURER
375 N STEPHANIE BLDG 7
HENDERSON, NV 89014
Added Date: 1/14/2003
PROF. SHADID H SHEIKH
DIRECTOR
914 CALICO HILLS CRT
LAS VEGAS, NV 89128
WASHINGTON SECRETARY OF STATE
Company Name: MEDICAL & INDUSTRIAL LABORATORIES, INC.
Type: CORPORATION (PROFIT)
Status: TERMINATED
Filing Date: 10/5/1989
Duration: PERPETUAL
Date of Incorporation/Qualification: 10/5/1989
State or Country of Incorporation: WASHINGTON
Registered Agent: SHAHID H SHEIKH
Registered Office: 15439 53RD AVE S
TUKWILA, WA 98188-2338
WASHINGTON SECRETARY OF STATE
Company Name: AMERICAN COLLEGE MEDICAL CENTER
Type: CORPORATION (NON-PROFIT)
Status: ACTIVE, IN COMPLIANCE
Filing Date: 12/23/1998
Duration: PERPETUAL
Date of Incorporation/Qualification: 12/23/1998
State or Country of Incorporation: WASHINGTON
Registered Agent: SHAHID H SHEIKH
Registered Office: 15439 53RD AVE S
TUKWILA, WA 98188
WASHINGTON SECRETARY OF STATE
Company Name: ISLAMIC JAFARI ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE
Type: CORPORATION (NON-PROFIT)
Status: TERMINATED
Filing Date: 9/29/1992
Duration: PERPETUAL
Date of Incorporation/Qualification: 9/29/1992
State or Country of Incorporation: WASHINGTON
Registered Agent: SHAHID SHEIKH
Registered Office: 15439 53RD AVE S
TUKWILA, WA 98188
CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE
Company Name: ADVANCED DIGITAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL
Mailing Address: 44240 FREMONT BLVD
FREMONT, CA 94538
Type: ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION (DOMESTIC)
Status: ACTIVE
Date of Incorporation/Qualification: 1/12/1995
Registered Agent: SHAHID H SHEIKH
Registered Office: 2518 ARLOTTA PL
PLEASANTON, CA 94566
Tax Basis: STOCK
Statement of Officers File Date: 1/13/1999
Officers, Directors: SHAHID H SHEIKH
PRESIDENT
2518 ARLOTTA PL
PLEASANTON, CA 94566
DECEMBER 21, 1998 : (HIJAZI & BIN LADEN TARGET LIST MADE) "Terrorist cells belonging to the network organized by Osama bin Laden...are ready go into action in the countries of the Persian Gulf and Europe...The list of targets is ready. It was agreed in Kandahar 21 December by Osama himself and Farouk Hijazi... The new recruits, together with the veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Bosnia, form the secret army that is expected to use its weapons against all those who oppose the rais of Baghdad. In order to make them even more dangerous, traditional training has been supplemented with training in the use of chemical weapons, toxins and viruses." [Corriere della Sera, February 1, 1999 (Italia)] see http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/743697/posts?page=51#51
Why is the sad sack of fecal matter still alive?
Strange things going on in Washington and LV, eh ? ...
Shahid Shiekh
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