November 1, 2002
Muhammad accused in sale of fake IDs

Washingtontimes.com

Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad is suspected of pocketing thousands of dollars in illicit profits through the sale of phony passports, driver's licenses and credit cards in an alien-smuggling scheme that authorities yesterday described as a "one-man operation."

An investigation by police in Antigua and a separate probe by the FBI in that island nation have focused on accusations that Mr. Muhammad sold counterfeit passports, stolen credit cards and other identity papers for between $1,000 and $3,500 each to support, in part, his nomadic lifestyle.

Some of the documents are believed to have been used to smuggle people into the United States, said John Fuller, a member of an investigative task force set up by the Antiguan Attorney General's Office to investigate Mr. Muhammad's actions on that Caribbean island.

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Posted by Suzanne at November 1, 2002
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