RE: 3 Arrested on Terrorism Charges in Mich. forbuyingprepaid cellphones

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>]

Here's info on the 2nd set of cell phone arrests down in Ohio:

http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/new11_811200683259.asp

Prosecutors say they are confident the men are linked to a terrorist network
and filed additional felony charges Thursday relating to the buying and
selling of specific microchips found in only a few types of cell phones.

Authorities say the phones are being modified by terrorists to make
untraceable international calls and also in the production of roadside
bombs.

Authorities say Abulhassan and Houssaiky admitted to buying more than 600
TracFones in the past month and reselling them to an individual in Dearborn,
Mich.

"They were being paid by check for the phones they purchased. This was not
cash under the table or some hidden thing," Baumgartel said. "These are
college students. This is what college students do. They're more willing to
drive around to try to make money."

Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Seltzer [mailto:Larry () larryseltzer com] 
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 6:31 PM
To: Drsolly; Richard M. Smith
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: RE: [funsec] 3 Arrested on Terrorism Charges in Mich.
forbuyingprepaid cellphones

> > If folks are buying hundreds of phones at Walmart there must be some
sort of market for them.

Perhaps they ship them abroad to somewhere it's more expensive or
unavailable, and they launder the purchase as well.

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blog.eweek.com/blogs/larry%5Fseltzer/
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larryseltzer () ziffdavis com 

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