Red flags went up when a man tried to withdraw thousands of dollars from an Upper Darby bank.
Police said he had a Pakistani passport that had been tampered with, a fake driver's license and a fake Social Security card. Police said they were investigating whether the man was connected to terrorism.
The man went into a Commerce Bank Wednesday and withdrew $8,700. He returned the same day to take out another $9,700. That's when he was arrested.
The man gave identification with the name Shahid Batti. But he did not look like the man in the photo IDs.
He then told police his name was Raza Hussain and his date of birth was Jan. 1, 1962. That information came up on a terrorist watch list.
"We don't know if we're looking at a money laundering scheme, an identity theft scheme. We don't know if there's any type of terrorist activity here, but certainly this requires a good depth investigation," said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood.
The man was being held Friday night on $100,000 bail while police tried to sort it all out. |