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| Wife of Dem Paki IT staffer who fled the country strikes deal to return, face charges |
| 2017-09-07 |
| [Wash Examiner] A former House Democrat tech staffer who fled the country to Pakistan while under criminal investigation has struck a deal with federal officials to return to the U.S. and appear at an arraignment, according to court documents. Hina Alvi is the wife of Imran Awan, and both face charges of conspiracy and bank fraud. Both worked for Democrats for several years, and Awan worked directly for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., when she was chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. A document filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia indicates that federal prosecutors have struck a deal with Alvi that would allow her to return to the U.S., but would also require her to surrender her passport and afterwards not book any international travel. The deal only surrounds how Alvi will turn herself in, and is structured so that she can avoid being arrested in front of her children when she returns to the U.S., "during the last week of September 2017." Alvi, and Awan in particular, are the focus of investigations by the FBI and Capitol Police regarding irregularities for purchases of some computers and other equipment which was later discovered to be missing. The pair, and their associates, could have had access to sensitive government information over the years. In July, the Daily Caller reported that the FBI seized smashed hard drives from Awan's home. Despite the computer-related interests, Awan and Alvi are facing charges in which federal officials claim that they used false information to obtain home equity lines of credit, and intended to send the money overseas. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 OJ will discover the "real killers" before we see ANY such laptops. Just my hunch. Oh he'll find the laptop(s), on the grassy knoll! |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-09-07 20:24 |
| #9 I suspect Iran's hand. It may be as simple as DWS is jewish. If that's the case, I'll note the irony of a Jew trying to protected a Muslim and then getting shafted by said Muslim because she is a Jew. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-09-07 18:26 |
| #8 Which makes me think he was instructed to by his paymaster. I don't believe they have examined the laptop yet. But which 'paymaster'... theirs, ours, or both ? Sound tradecraft would be using multiple laptops and accounts depending upon whom you are communicating with. I would offer the excellent work of Platte River Networks as an example. OJ will discover the "real killers" before we see ANY such laptops. Just my hunch. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-07 17:39 |
| #7 The implication is he deliberately left the DWS laptop and incriminating material where it would be found. And he didn't expect to be arrested leaving the country. Which makes me think he was instructed to by his paymaster. I don't believe they have examined the laptop yet. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-09-07 17:30 |
| #6 Incentives as immunity, living expenses TBD, courier for instructions from home to hubby, apply. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-09-07 10:51 |
| #5 Depends. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-09-07 10:20 |
| #4 Better to be a prisoner in USA than a woman in Pakistan? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-09-07 05:06 |
| #3 Excellent. Let the small fry go to catch the big fish. This scandal has legs, and it can take down a lot of people. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy7309 2017-09-07 04:38 |
| #2 Not much surprises me, but this did. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-09-07 02:08 |
| #1 She will be necessary in the construction of the 'home equity loan' case. The fact that these people had placement and access to high level, national election data or U.S. Intelligence (USI) communications is conveniently not mentioned. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-07 01:23 |