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Lebanese arrested for impersonating UN official for scam
Date of incident:
September 7, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
General Security
Lebanese Civilians
A Lebanese man was arrested on suspicion of impersonating a United Nations official in order to run scams.
He was the mastermind of a network of similar scam artists that General Security has previously arrested members of. The suspect was charged with using forged documents and fake diplomatic cards identifying him as a United Nations official. He is accused of using his fake credentials to scam Syrian refugees in Lebanon. The suspect is believed to have told refugees that he could secure immigration visas to Canada in exchange for a substantial amount of money.
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):
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Border conflicts (Syrian border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.