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Conflict Incident Report
ISF arrests forgers using fake checks to buy electronics
Date of incident:
January 30, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
The Internal Security Forces arrested two people on suspicion of using forged checks to purchase electronic goods, an ISF statement reported.
After chatting with sellers online, Lebanese national R.M., 30 and Syrian national A.S. sent a taxi driver to claim the items and pay with a forged check.
After their arrests, the two reportedly admitted to buying 20 laptops from a hardware store with a fake $8,000 check.
The stolen devices were returned and the two suspects were referred to the judiciary.
The duo also said they had re-sold other stolen electronic devices to third parties. An accomplice and fellow check forger, Lebanese national I.F., 24, has a warrant out for his arrest and is being pursued by the ISF.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category:
Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling
Classification of conflict (primary):
Individual acts of violence
Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.