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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These guys had many layers of "cover" to make them seem legit. From the arrest affidavit:

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While in TAHERZADEH’s primary residence, Witness 3 observed that TAHERZADEH possessed FLETC training certificates and a Private Identity Verification card, commonly referred to as a “PIV card,” which TAHERZADEH uses to access a laptop that is labeled with a “DHS” symbol. Witness 3 stated that he/she saw a federal logon privacy notice when TAHERZADEH logged onto his DHS computer.[/i][/quote]

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Witness 5 recalled that TAHERZADEH had a PIV card, which he believes said DHS on it, and that the background on TAHERZADEH’s computer had “DHS information.” TAHERZADEH showed Witness 5 an HSI badge and special police officer credentials. Witness said that TAHERZADEH identified himself primarily as DHS/HSI, but he carried the special police officer badge on his person more often. Witness 5 has seen DHS/HSI on TAHERZADEH’S ballistic vest as well.[/i][/quote]

To create phony PIV cards designed to look like that issued by DHS + adding bogus federal government log-in screens to your laptop smells like something state-sponsored. It's a very sophisticated effort - where would you even get this made? They made sure to flash this stuff in front of multiple federal law enforcement that lived in the building to add credibility to their background story. That's really good tradecraft.

These guys were really playing the long con here and doing it well. It seems that they blabbed a bit too much and that's what piqued the curiosity of a skeptical USPIS inspector who followed up on their gut instinct. [/quote]

It is very easy - you can just move from one picture to another pretending it is a login. The PIV card does not have to be real or working, and the login can be just pictures. I can do it at home and I am not even a programmer. I can see regular people falling for the con but USSS agents should know better. They are too greedy to pay attention.[/quote]

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