SEIZE 1,000 FAKE LAW ENFORCEMENT BADGES FROM BRONX MAN (Man is probably Iranian!)

NY DAILY NEWS ^

[areafiftyone]

A Bronx man has been charged with possessing an illegal cache of about 1,000 counterfeit law enforcement badges, authorities said Tuesday.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Sergio Khorosh on Monday at his home after he accepted delivery of about 100 fake U.S. Marshals Service shields. The delivery was being monitored by the agents, who had first intercepted the badges last month in a shipment from Taiwan to San Francisco.

During a search of Khorosh’s home, agents discovered about 1,000 more badges, some resembling those of the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and New York Police Department, court papers said. Also found were six firearms, including semiautomatic pistols.

Authorities were investigating whether Khorosh was supplying police impersonators.

“We think this goes way beyond collectors,” said Martin D. Ficke, special agent in charge for ICE’s New York office.

Khorosh faces charges of illegal transport of counterfeit badges and weapons possession. He was ordered held on $50,000 bail.

A call to Khorosh’s attorney was not immediately returned.

[areafiftyone]

I checked on the man's last name and it is Iranian.

[Deetes]

PING !!!

[Calpernia]

Bronx?

::shivers::

[LNewman]

ping

[andyk]

“We think this goes way beyond collectors,” said Martin D. Ficke, special agent in charge for ICE’s New York office

My lack of respect for the ICE has reached a new high. So, we're talking about collectors who specialize in false credentials?

[kcvl]

Oh, that's just great! /sarcasm

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Can they find out the type of people he was sending them to and possibly try him under Domestic Terrorism Laws?

Just think of the places you could access with these badges.

[gubamyster]

ping

[Velveeta]

Yep. Look what I just posted here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383919/posts?page=2170#2170

[tiredoflaundry]

Cripes!

[Sacajaweau]

btt

[Mr. Jazzy]

He was doing this to supplement his other job with ...






... The T.S.A.!!!


Hahahaha

Just joking!

[Republicus2001]

In my experience as a pro historian and archivist, most collectors desire GENUINE artifacts as a rule. I know not one collector who specializes in forgeries (that they know of, heh).

[areafiftyone]

OMG! I just read your post! THAT IS SCARY!

[So Cal Rocket]

From the Google Cache of this website: www.sunera.ttnet.net/search-bin/ stockboard.cgi?f=showmain&cno=76666

Browse offer > Offer to buy > MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS > Content

Buy LOOKING TO BUY ALL USA POLICE & FEDERAL BADGES    2004/10/08 02:42:16

LOOKING TO BUY USA POLICE AND FEDERAL POLICE BADGES FROM DIES & MOLDS THAT YOU HAVE IN STOCK NOT LOOKING TO MAKE ANY NEW DIES OR MOLDS WILL BUY UP TO 10.000 BADGES ON FIRST ORDER E MAIL ME WITH PICTURES OF THE BADGE AND PRICE PER 100 PS. OF EACH BADGE THE REASON FOR NOT MAKING NEW DIES OR MOLDS AS NO TOOLING COAST AND NO DELAY TO MAKE THE DIES & MOLDS...

 Company Info

Company Name:

Pro. Police Products

Attn.:	Sergio Khorosh
Title:	owner
Tel:	1-917-415-2297
Fax:	1-718-671-8378
E-mail:

Address:	120-2B Debs Place
City:	Bronx
State/Province:	New York
Country:	United States of America
Zipode:	10475

Pay attention:

The post is not certified by TTnet or other organizations. TTnet will not be responsible for any dealing transaction.

[Publius6961]

BUMP!

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

This is the activity that goes on in plain sight that aids the sleeper cells and causes attacks on us. This is outrageous.

[Calpernia]

Bump!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1400353/posts?page=9#9

Good Find!

[areafiftyone]

We need to see what is going on. They are always sooo vague about this. Of course the PC police didn't mention anything about his last name. I had to google it to find out the origin!

[andyk]

Holy crap. What criminal would post that publicly? Okay, what intelligent criminal...BTW, here's the WHOIS info for the domain that's posted on (interestingly enough, it's from the same country from which the badges were shipped):

Registrant: Make this info private
Taiwan Trade Pages Corp.
9F,179,Shui Yuan Rd
Taipei, Taiwan 00000
TW
Phone: 886-2-23016000
Fax: 886-2-23017064

[GSlob]

The name "Sergio" is most certainly not Iranian, and "Khorosh" is a transliteration of a Slavic root, meaning "good". I would be looking at Russian/Ukrainian mafiosis.

[blackie]

Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!

Be Ever Vigilant!

Minutemen Patriots ~ Bump!

[Arkie2]

I wonder if our govt. might have some not so kind words for the Taiwanese authorities?

[Phantom Lord]

Wow! Whats worse is his first name is Spanish!

[Phantom Lord]

Actually, there is a pretty good market for known fakes for some things.

Such as fake paintings by particularly talented forgers who got away with it for a long time.

[konaice]

Yep. Look what I just posted here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383919/posts?page=2170#2170

This guy can't be very bright if he publically advertises for these things on the net.

The fact that the authorities folled the shipment from its point of arrval is pretty encouraging.

[sheik yerbouty]

His middle name is "P*ndejo".

[andyk]

"Khorosh" is a transliteration of a Slavic root, meaning "good"

Yikes, glad you're on our side. Happy one year anniversary :)

[areafiftyone]

HE ALSO HAD FEDERAL AIR MARSHALL BADGES!

NEW YORK (CBS) Federal agents have confiscated weapons and fake badges in a Bronx bust that has repercussions for national security.

A Bronx man has been arrested on federal charges for sending through the mail more than a thousand fake law enforcement badges and now the department of homeland security wants the public's help in finding out what he planned to do with them. More than 1300 counterfeit badges from more than 35 agencies including fake air marshal badges of particular concern after 9-11 were confiscated.

Agents from the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, otherwise known as ICE, made the seizure at the apartment of Sergio Khorosh, who on a website is identified as the owner of Pro Police products in the Bronx. He is being charged with three counts including unlawful transportation of counterfeit police badges and illegal weapons possession.

“What you’ve got here are very good counterfeit badges from various law enforcement agencies. Someone who might misuse these items could be a national security issue for us,” says Martin Ficke, DHS, a special agent.

Also seized were three high caliber assault weapons, some smaller firearms, gun scopes, police scanners, radios, police jackets and vests and $16,000 dollars in cash and what police believe is cocaine and marijuana.

[andyk]

Also seized were three high caliber assault weapons, some smaller firearms, gun scopes, police scanners, radios, police jackets and vests and $16,000 dollars in cash and what police believe is cocaine and marijuana

From six firearms, including semiautomatic pistols, to three "high caliber assault weapons, some smaller firearms", etc. Sounds like a room full of Barretts to me!

[TBall]

Can you imagine if all those badges were put to use at the same time all across the country?

[dfwgator]

"We don't need no steenkin' badges."

[DoctorMichael]

Beat him with a baseball bat until you have all the information he has and then hang him.

[Little Pig]

Wonder if this guy is from the Chechnya region?

[grayforkbeard]

Just think of the places you could access with these badges.

I can get any badge I want on the corner of 4th and main. Along with all the usual police uniforms and "tactical" equipment. Just cost $. The problem isn’t access to these kinds of things. The problem is foreigners who hate us that are living here. Hell some of them are even here legally.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

"I can get any badge I want on the corner of 4th and main. Along with all the usual police uniforms and "tactical" equipment. Just cost $. The problem isn’t access to these kinds of things. The problem is foreigners who hate us that are living here. Hell some of them are even here legally."

Those who hate us will buy those things to hurt us. There is no doubt about that. It is too bad that the tools they will use are so readily available.

[Lockbar]

"$16,000 dollars in cash and what police believe is cocaine and marijuana"


Sounds like a Democrat Party operative to me.

[Kokojmudd]

Maybe he was organizing some kind of citizen's auxiliary patrol.

[Killborn]

Is this your Buckhead moment? :)

[Velveeta]

Hmmmm....maybe my cheesehead moment.

[NRA2BFree]

“We think this goes way beyond collectors,” said Martin D. Ficke, special agent in charge for ICE’s New York office.

You "think?" The very first thing I thought when I read the headline was that it's connected with illegal immigration.

[SOSCEO]

Or Italian...

[GSlob]

Not by the name. "Sergio" might be phonetic for "Serhiy" (Ukrainian; Russian would be "SergEy', with the stressed vovel in caps, hence unlikely to be distorted in transliteration); and as for the Chechens their given names, like Shamil, Aslan, Dzokar etc. have little resemblance to traditional Indo-European names.

[Killborn]

Buckhead and Cheesehad. Hmmm... :)

[GSlob]

vowel, not 'vovel'.

[GSlob]

Thank you for the congratulations.

[South Hawthorne]

Oh great.  I'd already paid for three.  Any word on a refund or if they'll fill standing orders?  I can prove I'm not a collector, just mischief in mind.

 

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Do they get you free lap dances at the nudie bar?

[norton]

I don't know the root languages or whether or not the guy used an alias - but last time I was in the Bronx the neighborhood was filling up with Kosovar flags.
Locally lumped together as 'the albanians'.