U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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June 21, 2002 Two Charged in Wire Fraud Scheme Thomas J. Kneir, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today the arrests of UMAR FAROOQ, age 42, of 1681 Fingate Dr. Mississauqa, Ontario, Canada, and MOHAMMED AKHTER, age39, of 1857 Samuelson Circle, Mississauqa, Ontario, Canada. Both gentleman were arrested without incident by officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (R.C.M.P.) Wednesday afternoon at their residences in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. FAROOQ and AKHTER have been charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago with one count of wire fraud. Between July 2000 and July 2001 FAROOQ and AKHTER are alleged to have posed as computer dealers from a firm entitled Net Nirvana and are suspected of defrauding Cisco Corporation and its distributorship companies of approximately $8.9 million. Both men appeared in Brampton Court in Canada and were ordered held without bond until their next scheduled court appearance. The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt and all defendants named in a criminal complaint are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. |
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