Scoundrels Swipe $794k from Elderly Chaps!

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It appears that a pair of bounders, namely Ayman Alaaraj and Ahmad Nassar, brothers-in-law and partners in crime, have got themselves into a bit of a pickle. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California, has unsealed a 17-count indictment, charging the scoundrels with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft 🚔.

It’s alleged that in May 2023, Nassar, the apparent mastermind, managed to get his grubby hands on several bank accounts belonging to two elderly chaps at two separate banks. He accomplished this dastardly feat using some quite sophisticated techniques, including porting over the phone number of one of the victims 📱. Oh, the cunning blighter!

This clever ruse allowed Nassar, occasionally assisted by his trusty sidekick Alaaraj, to access the accounts and bypass the banks’ two-factor authentication protection 🔓. They then proceeded to drain the accounts and run up unpaid credit card debits, causing a whopping $794,000 in losses to the poor victims 😱.

The dynamic duo then laundered the stolen loot through pass-through accounts created under the victims’ names, as well as funneled a tidy $100,000 through Alaaraj’s businesses 📈. One wonders what sort of ‘businesses’ these might be… 🤔

The defendants eventually transferred the ill-gotten gains to themselves using ATM cash withdrawals, personal checks, Western Union transactions, and Zelle transactions 📊. They also used the stolen funds to pay credit cards, engage in online gambling, and buy a Mercedes 🚗. Oh, the high life!

If found guilty, the two scoundrels face up to 30 years of cooling their heels in the slammer and a $1 million fine for each count of bank fraud 🚔. They also face a mandatory prison term of two years and a fine of up to $250,000, or twice the gross gain or gross loss, for the aggravated identity theft count 🤯. One hopes they’ll have plenty of time to reflect on their misdeeds… 🙏

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2025-06-20 03:26