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The Mysteries of the House IT Scandal
NLPC ^ | 6/18/18 | Carl Horowitz

Posted on 06/24/2018 2:54:33 PM PDT by Libloather

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FBI: Debbie Wasserman Schultz Pressured Congressional Bank to Give Loan to Awan and Wife
True Pundit ^ | 8/8/2017 | by Investigative Bureau / Posted by b4its2late

Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz pressured officials at Congressional Federal Credit Union to write a loan to a husband and wife from Pakistan now charged and accused of bank fraud, according to federal law enforcement sources.

Wasserman Schultz, who was the leader of the Democratic National Committee at the time, intervened in the loan process to help guarantee Imran Awan and wife Hina Alvi a $165,000 loan which the couple quickly wired to Pakistan far from the reach of US regulators, FBI sources confirm. Imran was arrested on bank fraud charges in July while attempting to flee to Pakistan. His wife fled the country to Pakistan in March after the FBI caught her at Dulles International Airport with undocumented cash. She was suspected of bank fraud by the FBI who allowed her to leave the country anyway.

Awan, until his arrest, was employed as the IT specialist for Wasserman Schultz and dozens of other congressional Democrats since 2004. His wife was also on the congressional payroll. The Congressional Federal Credit Union is not open to the public but is normally reserved for Congress and members of their staffs.

According to FBI sources familiar with the criminal case, Congressional Federal Credit Union officials were hesitant to write the couple the loan because underwriters flagged portions of the Awan’s application as problematic and risk loaded. That was until Wasserman Schultz is believed to have made overtures to the federally-backed credit union to vouch for Awan and his spouse. FBI sources said the home equity credit line was approved despite the red flags, namely: The Awans rented the home linked to the loan application, but the FBI said the bank does not extend home equity lines to rental properties. The Awans never told the bank it was a rental property, the FBI said.

FBI sources would not confirm whether Wasserman Schultz wrote letters or emails to bank hierarchy or made telephone calls to push for the loan. Likewise, FBI sources did not confirm whether Wasserman Schultz was the target of a parallel FBI investigation.

Loan officers and underwriters made several inquiries to the Awans during the loan application process to try to clear up glaring discrepancies. according to the FBI. Emails sent by Awan and his wife to the credit union’s underwriters originated from an IP address linked to Wasserman Schultz’s congressional offices, FBI sources confirmed.

According to the FBI, the Awans omitted assets and liabilities both on the bank application as well as their federal tax returns which improved their debt-to-income ratio. But underwriters at CFCU caught these errors and wanted additional documentation on outstanding mortgages and rental income linked to the Awans which were never disclosed by the couple. In January 2017, CFCU requested Alvi file an Occupancy and Financial Status Affidavit to prove the couple was using the address as a primary residence (even though they were not), according to the FBI. Days later the loan was approved.

During that waiting period, Awan and his wife made several inquiries into the status of the loan, again, via email from computer networks linked to Congress, FBI sources said.

Within hours of the loan approval — on Jan. 18, 2017 at noon — Awan’s wife Alvi requested the $165,000 loan plus an additional $118,000 from her CFCU accounts be wired to two individuals in Faisalabad, Pakistan, according to bank records.

But before the credit union initiated the international wire request for $283,000 to Pakistan, officials from CFCU contacted Alvi on her cell phone to confirm the wire, according to the FBI. Bank officials initially balked at commencing the wire transfer because Imran changed his voice on the phone to pose as his wife. First he said the funds were to be used in Pakistan for funeral arrangements, the FBI said. Then Imran, still in character posing as his wife, changed gears after CFCU said they were not going to wire the funds. Imran said on the call he would search online for a permissible reason to wire the funds, according to the FBI. Imran — again posing as his wife — claimed the funds were for a purchase pf property and not for a funeral. After a delay, the funds were wired to Pakistan, FBI sources said. The call was tape recorded and is now in evidence in the Awan fraud case.

FBI sources would not say whether Wasserman Schultz intervened to push CFCU to proceed with the problematic wire transfers. FBI sources said that CFCU officials did suspect Imran was using a female voice to pose as his wife who originally initiated the wire request electronically.

Yet the funds were still wired.

Awan and his wife, as well as his two brothers are also targets of an investigation into an alleged procurement scam where the group is suspected of stealing equipment, Blackberry phones, and hacking House IT systems without permission. Wasserman Schultz could not be reached for comment.


21 posted on 06/24/2018 8:40:28 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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A Strange Tale: the Congressional Federal Credit Union and Democrats' IT spies
SOME RESEARCH PROVIDED BY ANDREW McCARTHY (sarcasm provided by poster):

Bank fraud was the stated charge on which Debbie Wassermann Schultz's IT aide, Imran Awan, was arrested at Dulles Airport, as he was fleeing the United States for Pakistan, via Qatar.......the same route taken by his wife, Hina Alvi, in March, when she suddenly fled, with $12,400 in cash (NOTE: it is against the law to take more than $10,000 out of the US without declaring it.).

By the time of Imran's arrest, the proceeds of his fraudulent $165,000 "loan" from the Congressional Federal Credit Union had been wired to Pakistan.... part of a $283,000 transfer that Awan managed to wire from Capitol Hill.

The conniving Imran pulled it off by pretending to be his wife in a phone call to Capitol Hill's true believers---the Congressional Federal Credit Union. Told that his proffered reason for the transfer (“funeral arrangements”) wouldn’t fly, “Mrs.” Awan promptly regrouped: Now “she” was “buying property.”

Asking no more questions, the compliant Congressional Federal Credit Union wired the money......to Pakistan. One assumes the trusting Congressional Federal Credit Union had every expectation of getting repaid (cue laugh machine here).

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CONTACT CONGRESS: Capitol Switchboard 1-866-220-0044

Call President Trump: Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414

FBI TIPS PAGE --- https://tips.fbi.gov

TALKING POINTS---The credit union employee (or bank officer) that approved the Imran loan and wire-transfer needs looking into. They had to know that was a farce, and one assumes Cong Debbie had to sign off on any financial transactions of her employee.

Congressional Federal Credit Union
PO Box 23267
Washington, DC 20026-3267

Local 703.934.8300
Toll Free: 800.491.2328
From Capitol Hill 6.3100
Email Email@CongressionalFCU.org

WEB SITE
https://www.congressionalfcu.org/about/about-us/about-congressional-federal

22 posted on 06/24/2018 8:43:50 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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fwiw:

I read somewhere on the www last night that cong critter clarke’s current chief of staff is hanging out the plausibility that the previous chief of staff was the culprit that was complicit with awan in the fraudulent electronic billing scam.

clarke’s office felt the amount was so small that it was a better course of action to “write it off” than prosecute.

the big wheel of gummit keep rollin.


23 posted on 06/25/2018 5:12:58 AM PDT by thinden
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(A) Cong Clarke’s current c/o/s says Clarke's previous c/o/s is the one complicit with Awan in the fraudulent electronic billing scam.
(B) Clarke’s office felt the amount was so small that it was better to “write it off” than prosecute.

Balderdash and poppycock. Identity of the staff member is immaterial.

(A) By the rules of the House, Clarke herself HAD to sign off on any transaction. There's no escaping Clarke's role in this.....
AND OTHER MISAPPROPRIATIONS OF TAX DOLLAR. There's a zillion ways these conniving pols can steal from us.

(B) Clarke's good at covering her Caribbean ***.....she felt the amount was so small that it was better to “write it
off” than prosecute? Do tell. Clarke's rather cavalier with our tax dollars, isnt she?

Absolutely NONE of this gets Clarke off the hook for her enabling the Paki spy games.

REALITY CHECK---Clarke must be compelled to explain why govt-issue equipment she bought for her office with our tax
dollars was delivered to her IT's home.....and was never seen again.

BIG CLUE: the tech equipment supplier to Congress has the paper trail.

24 posted on 06/25/2018 2:40:56 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=A%20Strange%20Tale%3A%20the%20Congressional%20Federal%20Credit%20Union%20and%20Democrats%27%20IT%20spies%20

from 2017


25 posted on 06/25/2018 2:52:46 PM PDT by bitt (t\\)
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CONTACT CONGRESS: Capitol Switchboard 1-866-220-0044

Call President Trump: Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414

Congressional Central phone directory: at capwiz.com.

Congressional staff phone directory at Inside Gov dot com

FBI TIPS PAGE -— https://tips.fbi.gov

TALKING POINTS: Americans demand to know the scope and dimension of the Congressional Federal Credit Union using the power of the Congress and the US govt to engage in shady financial transactions ......particularly w/ individuals attempting to flee the country, suspected of committing treasonous crimes.


26 posted on 06/25/2018 3:23:34 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Liz

There’s a zillion ways these conniving pols can steal from us.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Who knows?

Get rid of the the thievery, self dealing, gummit funding soros NGO’s, state millenial fund, pay for play, illegal immigrant welfare programs & we might come close to balancing the budget.

Like back when newt was speaker we didn’t knowcwhat an NGO was.


27 posted on 06/25/2018 4:38:20 PM PDT by thinden
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HOW THE HOUSE DEMOCRAT IT SCAM WORKED: CDW Government, Inc (approved tech supplier to the US govt) knowingly accepted falsified invoices from House members who employed the Awans. The invoices routinely showed high-priced tech items falsely billed at just under the $500.00 ......the cutoff rule that kept the purchases off the House tracking radar.

<><> CDW Government, Inc then made up the difference in the actual price by rigging the cost of a service plan.

<><> More shockingly, CDW Government Inc. then shipped the equipment..... not to the Congressional office that ordered it...... but to Imran’s house.

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Could be major kickbacks involved. The paper trail is readily available.

Cong Yvette Clarke and all of the House Democrats that employed the Awans should be audited and complete
investigations of their IT transactions, as well as House office and financial records should commence:

<><> payroll, vouchers, expense accounts, office expenditures,

<><> travel itinerary, credit card accounts, family finances,

<><> campaign income and outgo,

<><>personal/office/campaign bank accounts,

<><> wire-transfers, snail mail, email, UPS packages,

<><> electronic devices, hard drives, spreadsheets, text files, etc etc etc.

28 posted on 06/25/2018 11:17:48 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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IMRAN AWAN, US GOVT EMPLOYEE, WORKED HOUSE INTEL IN PAKISTAN---

Cong Louis Gohmert (Repub-Texas), a former judge, was shocked to learn that Imran Awan conducted the Congress of
the United States' IT work in Pakistan, for months at a time, without supervision.

GOHMERT: “I did not realize that we (taxpayers) paid someone the maximum that any House employee could get paid........ and for months at a time, he was handling information technology for the House of Representatives from Pakistan. This is just mind-boggling. I had no idea anybody would even think about trying to do something like that,” Gohmert added.

Imran is a US govt employee. He cashes US govt paychecks. He's handling Congressional data----sensitive top secret data---he's in an active terrorist country for months at a time handling US intel without supervision. Yet his mentor and employer Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz did nothing. Congressional Democrats who employed Imran said nothing.

Taxpayers must demand answers:

<><> How did Awan get a sensitive job in the US Congress?

<><> Was he given preference over American job-seekers?

<><> Claiming to be a naturalized American citizen, did he falsify his credentials?

<><> did Democrat Debbie Wassermann Schultz sign-off on Imran's trips to Pakistan?

<><> did Democrat Schultz inform others that Imran conducted IT work for the House in Pakistan?

<><> did Democrats inform constituents their emails were being accessed in a terrorist-sponsored country?

<><> why did Debbie Wasserman Schultz keep Imran on as her "advisor" after his shady deals were exposed?

TAXPAYERS DEMAND TO KNOW WHY WASSERMAN SCHULTZ AND DEMOCRATS ALLOWED A US GOVT EMPLOYEE TO HANDLE US INTEL AND THEIR AMERICAN CONSTITUENTS' PERSONAL EMAILS IN A TERRORIST-SPONSORD COUNTRY

Wassermann Schultz installed Imran and his clan of two brothers, two wives, one a Russian national, one known friend, and a host of ghost employees in the US Congress. Taxpayers demand to know the extent of Schultz's assistance to (A) the three House members of the House intelligence panel, and, (B) the five House members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, among the dozens of elected Democrats employing the Pakistani IT's.

CONTACT CONGRESS: Capitol Switchboard 1-866-220-0044

Call President Trump: Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414

29 posted on 06/26/2018 4:09:51 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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30 posted on 06/26/2018 6:47:07 PM PDT by bitt (t\\)
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