Thread: NY:Imm officials likely to boot ID thief who made 1.4 millio

Immigration officials likely to boot ID thief
Posted by Staten Island Advance July 12, 2007 1:05PM
Categories: Courts, News

A Queens Pakistani national who racked up $1.4 million as a member of a large identity theft ring was sentenced this morning to a maximum four and one-half years behind bars.

But Fayyaz Ahmed, 39, -- who last month pleaded guilty to six counts of scheming to defraud, grand larceny, money laundering and forgery -- is likely to be deported and may only serve a few months in prison before immigration authorities throw him out of the country, sources close to the case said.

During a six-month period that began Oct. 15, 2004, and continued to April 15 the following year, Ahmed "falsely represented himself as Munir Lodhi" of the 100 block of Lincoln Avenue and fraudulently obtained loans in excess of $1 million from five Staten Island financial institutions.

Ahmed, the subject of a 69-count grand jury indictment, has already spent 14 months in jail.

Justice Stephen J. Rooney set the sentences to run concurrently. Ahmed was also ordered to pay more than $1.4 million in restitution.

- Contributed by Jeff Harrell

http://blog.silive.com/advanceupdate/20 ... ely_t.html

Ahmed, the subject of a 69-count grand jury indictment, has already spent 14 months in jail.

He'll probably laugh all the way to the bank once he is released. In his homeland I think they chop off your hands for stealing.

Let me guess. He hasn't paid the $1.4M yet.