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Dayum! 24 y/o walked out of a BMW dealership with a $40,000 bmw with nothing more than a fake check and fake ID! Wow. I'd love to learn all his smooth techniques he used on people.
Just like that Leo DiCaprio movie. Amazing.
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Fake official accused of passing bad checks
A man claiming to be a Homeland Security director is arrested in Troutdale and has a warrant in Alabama
Friday, December 17, 2004
STUART TOMLINSON
TROUTDALE -- A 24-year-old smooth-talking man from Kirkland, Wash., who was passing himself off as the Northwest director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a U.S. Army major was also passing hundreds of thousands of dollars in fake checks in three states, police said Thursday.
Brian Jake Parsons ran into the law last week in the form of Sgt. Marc Shrake of the Troutdale Police Department.
About 10:40 a.m. Dec. 8, Shrake was dispatched to the Columbia Gorge Outlet stores on the report of a man suspected of passing fraudulent checks. Shrake said clerks became suspicious when Parsons handed them a business card identifying himself as Dr. Brian Jake Parsons, Ph.D., the Northwest director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Investigators think Parsons passed bad checks totaling as much as $300,000 in Alabama, Washington and Oregon. Shrake said Parsons left Alabama and moved to Kirkland in August. Police withheld details of Parsons' arrest until Thursday because federal agents from the Department of Defense and the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force are involved in the multistate investigation.
"I've had more federal agents in my office in the past week than during my entire career," said Dave Nelson, Troutdale's police chief. "We've had the FBI, Department of Defense, Homeland Security and the Secret Service. They are all looking at this guy."
A Multnomah County grand jury indicted Parsons on Thursday on three counts of first-degree identity theft and three counts of second-degree forgery. He is to be arraigned this morning. Officials said he could face additional federal criminal charges.
Shrake said Parsons also passed printed checks identifying himself as a major in the U.S. Army.
"I said to him, 'You've got to be kidding me,' " Shrake said. " 'I served in the military and I never saw a 24-year-old major.'
"It really is like that movie 'Catch Me If You Can,' " Shrake said. "This guy was very smooth. He told people he was 38."
In the 2002 film, Leonardo DiCaprio plays con artist Frank Abagnale Jr., who was later caught and eventually became a consultant on check fraud for the FBI and several large corporations.
Shrake said he and a Troutdale detective contacted Parsons at the Izod outlet store, where Parsons was trying to buy merchandise with checks that he apparently made.
Parsons even purchased a $40,000 BMW in Kirkland with a bogus check, Shrake said, a car he was driving when arrested last week.
"How did he do that?" Shrake wondered. "I need three pieces of ID to rent a DVD."
Investigators found that Parsons was able to convince people he had money to cover large checks by bringing a laptop computer showing his bank balance.
"It was all bad money, however," said Nelson, the Troutdale police chief. "But he easily convinced people into and out of anything."
Officials said Parsons was being held without bail at the Justice Center jail in downtown Portland because of an arrest warrant issued for identity theft in ####, Ala., on the banks of the Coosa River in central Alabama. Parsons is also being held on a warrant for identity theft in Hood River County.
Anyone who may have had contact with Parsons is asked to call the Troutdale Police Department at 503-665-6129.
Just like that Leo DiCaprio movie. Amazing.
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http://www.oregonlive.com/metroeast/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/metro_east_news/110328820895300.xml
Fake official accused of passing bad checks
A man claiming to be a Homeland Security director is arrested in Troutdale and has a warrant in Alabama
Friday, December 17, 2004
STUART TOMLINSON
TROUTDALE -- A 24-year-old smooth-talking man from Kirkland, Wash., who was passing himself off as the Northwest director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a U.S. Army major was also passing hundreds of thousands of dollars in fake checks in three states, police said Thursday.
Brian Jake Parsons ran into the law last week in the form of Sgt. Marc Shrake of the Troutdale Police Department.
About 10:40 a.m. Dec. 8, Shrake was dispatched to the Columbia Gorge Outlet stores on the report of a man suspected of passing fraudulent checks. Shrake said clerks became suspicious when Parsons handed them a business card identifying himself as Dr. Brian Jake Parsons, Ph.D., the Northwest director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Investigators think Parsons passed bad checks totaling as much as $300,000 in Alabama, Washington and Oregon. Shrake said Parsons left Alabama and moved to Kirkland in August. Police withheld details of Parsons' arrest until Thursday because federal agents from the Department of Defense and the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force are involved in the multistate investigation.
"I've had more federal agents in my office in the past week than during my entire career," said Dave Nelson, Troutdale's police chief. "We've had the FBI, Department of Defense, Homeland Security and the Secret Service. They are all looking at this guy."
A Multnomah County grand jury indicted Parsons on Thursday on three counts of first-degree identity theft and three counts of second-degree forgery. He is to be arraigned this morning. Officials said he could face additional federal criminal charges.
Shrake said Parsons also passed printed checks identifying himself as a major in the U.S. Army.
"I said to him, 'You've got to be kidding me,' " Shrake said. " 'I served in the military and I never saw a 24-year-old major.'
"It really is like that movie 'Catch Me If You Can,' " Shrake said. "This guy was very smooth. He told people he was 38."
In the 2002 film, Leonardo DiCaprio plays con artist Frank Abagnale Jr., who was later caught and eventually became a consultant on check fraud for the FBI and several large corporations.
Shrake said he and a Troutdale detective contacted Parsons at the Izod outlet store, where Parsons was trying to buy merchandise with checks that he apparently made.
Parsons even purchased a $40,000 BMW in Kirkland with a bogus check, Shrake said, a car he was driving when arrested last week.
"How did he do that?" Shrake wondered. "I need three pieces of ID to rent a DVD."
Investigators found that Parsons was able to convince people he had money to cover large checks by bringing a laptop computer showing his bank balance.
"It was all bad money, however," said Nelson, the Troutdale police chief. "But he easily convinced people into and out of anything."
Officials said Parsons was being held without bail at the Justice Center jail in downtown Portland because of an arrest warrant issued for identity theft in ####, Ala., on the banks of the Coosa River in central Alabama. Parsons is also being held on a warrant for identity theft in Hood River County.
Anyone who may have had contact with Parsons is asked to call the Troutdale Police Department at 503-665-6129.
