 [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Haider Sher-Ali, 36, and Arian Taherzadeh, 40, were arrested Wednesday for impersonating federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security
- The duo claimed to be involved in an investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol attack
- Agents with the FBI, NCIS and USPIS swarmed several floors and units of luxury apartment building Crossing DC in southeast Washington, D.C.
- A former representative of Crossing DC who worked at the building since the start of Taherzadeh's lease confirmed that none of the units were being paid for
- When asked why they were not paying rent on the units, the individual responded with one word: 'Government'
- According to sources, the Tishman Speyer-owned building cooperated with Taherzadeh and Ali believing the guise that they were federal agents
- Building management, the sources allege, provided the duo with access to surveillance cameras and codes to access all doors in the building
- A member of building management sent an email to tenants 11:30 on Thursday claiming: 'FBI concluded its search overnight and is no longer on the premises'
- Both Pakistani and Iranian visas were mentioned, and prosecutors say there will likely be a conspiracy charge
- Potential crimes, according to a Magistrate judge, involves possession and use of a firearm and the destruction of potential evidence after learning an investigation was underway
- Among the firearms being kept in the unit occupied by Taherzadeh, sources claim, were a Glock 19 .9mm with high capacity magazines, a fully automatic suppressed M4-style rifle, an AR pistol and a Sig Sauer handgun.
|
