Posted on 11/16/2006 4:46:47 PM PST by outofstyle
And oddly enough, he was not a Lutheran from Norway. "Dinssa" is a common surname among Muslims in Nigeria. From Associated Press, with thanks to Joe Washburn:
DETROIT -- A man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after officials say they found him carrying $78,883 in cash and a laptop computer containing information about nuclear materials and cyanide. He will be held in custody at least until Monday, a U.S. magistrate ruled Wednesday.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Leonid Feller said Sisayehiticha Dinssa is a potential risk to the community and federal agents want to get a warrant to search his computer more thoroughly, The Detroit News reported.
U.S. Magistrate Donald Scheer approved Feller's request to detain Dinssa. He is charged with concealing more than $10,000 in his luggage, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, plus forfeiture of the money, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Feller said Dinssa, who gave a Texas address, arrived in Detroit from Nigeria by way of Amsterdam and was headed for Phoenix.
Dinssa, an unemployed U.S. citizen, was arrested at the airport Tuesday. An affidavit filed in court said a dog found the scent of narcotics on cash Dinssa carried.
When agents asked him if he had any cash to declare, he said he had $18,000, authorities said. But when agents checked his luggage, they found an additional $59,000. When they scrolled through his laptop, they said they found the mysterious files.
Texas pops up a lot in these cases. Proximity to Mexico? Good thing that border's secure. /sarc
If Court TV shows his trial, it will be worth recording to hear the lawyers trying to say "Sisayehiticha Dinssa".
I could be mistaken but that sounds like an Amish name to me.
This sounds crazy though. It's illegal to carry money? I hate terrorists, but I hate the government too for totalitarian laws like this.
First lost by exalted Nigeria king faithlly serve by Sisayehiticha's father, in exile after coup, now in posession of corrupte American the authorities.
Dangit, the law seized my share of the money promised by my new friend most humble Christian servant Sisayehiticha Dinssa in the email I answered. Where's the justice, I ask.
"Ass Press" (sweet, how you nailed them!) clearly goes out its way to avoid naming this characters ethnicity or religion.
Probably just a Swedish Buddhist or something, I guess.
Why do you keep asking?
Get real, that's a Chinese take-out appetizer.
I think it is the concealment part. One must declare cash.
This dude has "sociopath" written all over him in gigantic letters.
I guess this doesn't apply if you have more than a certain amount of "effects".
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
I sure hope he isn't back on the streets by Monday noon.
I don't think it's illegal to carry the money but it has to be declared to customs.
No, proximity to the University of Texas at Austin.
Note to self: Delete any information regarding nuclear materials and cyanide from laptop before traveling...
It also true that anytime you make a cash deposit at a bank that is greater than or equal to $10,000 the teller has to report it the feds (IRS).
Story is posted earlier.
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