Wasserman Schultz' ex-IT aide indicted on 4 counts

[Bigun]

Wasserman Schultz' ex-IT aide indicted on 4 counts


Imran Awan, a former IT aide for Democratic Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, was indicted Thursday on four counts including bank fraud and making false statements.

The indictment also includes his wife Hina Alvi.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/17/wasserman-schultz-ex-it-aide-indicted-on-4-counts.amp.html

[Bigun]

Maybe (Please God!) this will break this thing open!

[driftdiver]

She should be charged with obstruction.

[Bigun]

She should be charged with obstruction.

I'm just hoping that this turkey knows how to sing!

[Right_in_Virginia]

Two Former Wasserman Schultz IT Aides Indicted For Conspiracy Against U.S.
Daily Caller, Aug 17, 2017

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The FBI arrested Awan at Dulles International Airport July 24 as he was preparing to board a flight to Pakistan. When his wife Alvi left the U.S. for Pakistan in March, federal authorities found more than $12,000 in cash hidden in a suitcase. She had withdrawn the couple’s three children from local schools and does not intend to return to the U.S., according to the FBI.

“Defendants AWAN and ALVI did unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly conspire, combine, confederate, and agree with each other to commit offenses against the United States,” including bank fraud, false statements, and unlawful monetary transactions, the indictment said.

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The Awans, three of their relatives and a close friend are the targets of an FBI and U.S. Capitol Police criminal investigation into allegations they committed congressional cybersecurity violations and large-scale theft of congressional property in a scheme that may have begun more than a decade ago.

The crew worked as shared IT aides for dozens of House Democrats, including many who were members of the intelligence, foreign affairs and homeland security committees. Most of the Democrats fired them when the Capitol Police investigation became public in February, and their access to the congressional IT system was terminated.

Awan retained Chris Gowen, a longtime aide to former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to represent him shortly after his arrest. Gowen has claimed in media interviews that Alvi left the country with the children only because of lost jobs and the high cost of living in the nation’s capitol. Gowen told the Associated Press that the family lives “in squalor” in Pakistan.

Gowen also told The New York Times that the Awans wired series of large sums of U.S. dollars to Pakistan as part of a long-time plan to buy property there. The couple had a combined income of $360,000 a year and owned four properties in the Washington, D.C. area, public records show.

In January, Imran — while impersonating his wife, according to the FBI — wired $283,000 from the Wright Patman Congressional Federal Credit Union.

“The wire transfer specialist asked AWAN for the reason for the wire transfer, and AWAN stated that it was for ‘funeral arrangements,'” the arrest indictment said. “The wire transfer specialist questioned whether ‘funeral arrangements’ was a sufficient reason for such a large transfer. AWAN then changed his reason to ‘purchasing property.’ The wire transfer specialist then initiated the $283,000 wire from the United States to two individuals in Faisalabad, Pakistan.”

Even after Awan’s arrest in July, it is possible more money flowed to Pakistan. On Aug. 3, he sold a home for $617,000, according to public records. Gowen declined to say if the proceeds were wired to Pakistan.

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Thursday’s indictment, along with court documents in other cases, are viewable at the Court Docs link below. A list of members who employed the family follows.


More: http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/17/two-former-wasserman-schultz-it-aides-indicted-for-conspiracy-against-u-s/

[bigheadfred]

I'm just hoping that this turkey knows how to sing!

I hope he has the lyrics in "writing".

[Smokin Joe]

Maybe (Please God!) this will break this thing open!

I saw a list of over 30 Congresspersons who had their info compromised by this bunch, and between blackmail and God only knows what, it's hard to say what went out the door with this bunch.

[Right_in_Virginia]

I saw a list of over 30 Congresspersons who had their info compromised by this bunch, and between blackmail and God only knows what, it's hard to say what went out the door with this bunch.

And these brothers have been at it since 2009!

@Smokin Joe

[Smokin Joe]

And these brothers have been at it since 2009!

@Smokin Joe

Makes you wonder, considering they have had access to all the e-mails and dirt, just what influence they have had on Democrat votes, proposals, attitudes toward appointments, etc., not to mention how much money has been laundered their way to keep potentially embarrassing (well, politically dangerous) info under wraps.

[dfwgator]

But.....Trump loves the KKK!

[Smokin Joe]

But.....Trump loves the KKK!

Shiny! Squirrel! Look! Shiny Squirrel!

No end to distractions and detractions, which makes me wonder what the 'other hand' is doing.

[Bigun]

Makes you wonder, considering they have had access to all the e-mails and dirt, just what influence they have had on Democrat votes, proposals, attitudes toward appointments, etc., not to mention how much money has been laundered their way to keep potentially embarrassing (well, politically dangerous) info under wraps.

This goes right into the Obama Whitehouse!  Don't ask me how I know.  I just do!

[Smokin Joe]

This goes right into the Obama Whitehouse!  Don't ask me how I know.  I just do!

Wasserman-Schultz was head of the DNC. Likely the perps have the dirt on the lot of them. More fun than Hillary's FBI files, but in foreign hands, possibly ISIS/AlQaida/whoever.

[Bigun]

Wasserman-Schultz was head of the DNC. Likely the perps have the dirt on the lot of them. More fun than Hillary's FBI files, but in foreign hands, possibly ISIS/AlQaida/whoever.

They had access to immediately current intelligence data from both the House Intelligence and Foreign Affairs Committees!

[Smokin Joe]

They had access to immediately current intelligence data from both the House Intelligence and Foreign Affairs Committees!

I would assume that anything which passed through the hands of anyone in the Democrat Party may be compromised, in an intelligence sense. Which is not to say that the Democrats are intellectually compromised (prima facie), but to state that those secrets they may have handled are probably not secrets any more.

[Bigun]

I would assume that anything which passed through the hands of anyone in the Democrat Party may be compromised, in an intelligence sense. Which is not to say that the Democrats are intellectually compromised (prima facie), but to state that those secrets they may have handled are probably not secrets any more.

At least not to the guys who were there waiting for SEAL team 6 and any number of other things!

[Smokin Joe]

At least not to the guys who were there waiting for SEAL team 6 and any number of other things!

Call sign Extortion 17, iirc, and so much more.

Add in that these Pakistanis aren't altar boys, and it's likely the info has long been marketed to Islamists for the highest bid. As for poverty, I'd wager they have the nicest mud brick hut on their block.

[bigheadfred]

They had access to immediately current intelligence data from both the House Intelligence and Foreign Affairs Committees!

Which makes me think that was completely intentional on the part of some of those Members.

[Bigun]

Which makes me think that was completely intentional on the part of some of those Members.

Those people were put in place at the behest of someone very close to the top if not at the top!