| Scenario |
Mohammed Acca is a businessperson in Las Vegas, Nevada.
He is known in the city for taking out large newspaper ads, soliciting
funds to support peace in Lebanon. His T-shirt and souvenir shop produces
$3 million a year in gross receipts. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Department believes Acca may be trafficking in illegal drugs, and has
an open investigation.
Mohammed Batta owns and operates an artifact and
collectible store. In Boulder City, Nevada, the Boulder City Police
Department has an investigation
open on Batta, resulting from complaints about the authenticity of
his merchandise.
The JTTF at the FBI’s Las Vegas office has long
suspected that Mohammed Carta is a supporter of Hezbollah (a listed
terrorist organization)
and regularly sends the organization large sums of money. The JTTF
does not know how Carta, a jewelry clerk, obtains these funds.
When
officers from the Henderson Police Department (HPD) respond to a
disturbance call at a wedding, they find a man so badly beaten
that he
has to be airlifted to a hospital. A witness, who identifies
himself as Mohammed Accam, has blood on his clothing. Mohammed Batta
and
Mohammed Carta also are present and interviewed as witnesses.
They claimed to
be brothers-in-law. The victim subsequently refuses to cooperate
and all of the guests, including Accam, Batta and Carta, deny
witnessing the beating. As a result, the investigation is stymied,
but the
incident report is submitted to N DEx. |
