April 6, 2007
SOAK LAWN
MAN ARRESTED
FOR IMPERSONATING AN FBI AGENT
Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge
of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
announced today the arrest of JAWAD AL-AROURI, also known as Jack Mustafa,
age 47, whose last known address is 5648 St. James in Oak Lawn, Illinois.
AL-AROURI was arrested by FBI Special Agents, who were assisted by Officers
from the Hickory Hills, Illinois Police Department (HHPD), without incident,
yesterday morning in Hickory Hills. A second man was taken into custody
by the HHPD and was subsequently released.
AL-AROURI was charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District
Court in Chicago, earlier today, with Impersonating an FBI Special Agent,
which is a felony offense. According to the complaint, AL-AROURI has
been representing himself to be an FBI Special Agent to an individual
who is a private citizen, since at least February of this year. The purpose
of this alleged false representation was to obtain $500,000 in cash from
a second individual, which AL-AROURI would then keep for himself. AL-AROURI
believed that this individual might need help covertly transporting this
money out of the country and was going to offer his assistance as an "FBI
AGENT" to facilitate
this transaction.
Although AL-AROURI never displayed any FBI type identification, the
complaint alleges that he did display a handgun on at least one occasion
as proof of his official capacity. The complaint also alleges that AL-AROURI
offered
FBI employment to one individual and threatened to use his "official
capacity" to extort additional funds from a second person.
In announcing this arrest, Mr. Grant wants to reassure the public that
all cases of individuals impersonating an FBI Special Agent will be thoroughly
and aggressively investigated. "Not only is Mr. AL-AROURI alleged
to have preyed on members of his own community, but to have done so under
the guise of being an FBI Special Agent is contemptible" said Mr.
Grant.
AL-AROURI appeared in U.S. District Court in Chicago, earlier today,
at which time he was ordered held without bond pending his next scheduled
court appearance. If convicted of the charges that were filed against
him, AL-AROURI faces a possible sentence of up to three years incarceration.
The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt and
that all defendants in a criminal case are presumed innocent until proven
guilty in a court of law.
EDITOR's NOTE: Copies of the criminal complaint filed in this case
is available from the Chicago FBI Press Office at (312) 829-1199.
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