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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
and its about time. let the peace begin In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
Well, it's a start ... . |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30637 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
1 Year for all the killing. Oh wait, they couldn't charge him with that. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=8877589 Anti-Muslim filmmaker gets year in prison for probation violations LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Mark Basseley Youssef has been sentenced to a year in prison for probation violations. Youssef is associated with an anti-Muslim film that is blamed in part for stoking unrest in the Middle East. Youssef reportedly admitted to four of eight allegations of probation violations. He was then sentenced by a U.S. District Court judge. Youssef served most of a 21-month prison term in a bank fraud case. He was prohibited from online or computer activity for five years as one of the terms of his probation. Federal authorities wanted Youssef to serve two years for the violations. Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder found Youssef in violation of the terms of his supervised release. Youssef worked out a deal with the federal prosecutors, admitting to some allegations in the case and the government dismissing others. He was sentenced to a year in federal prison plus four years of supervised release. Youssef's attorney asked the judge to sentenced him to house arrest, since he has been having hard time seeing his children over the past five weeks, but judge agreed with prosecution that, although she appreciated that Youssef accepted responsibility for his actions, he kept engaging in continuous conduct of deception, even when placed under oath, and was not being truthful. None of the violations had to do with the content of "Innocence of Muslims," a film that depicts Mohammad as a religious fraud, pedophile and a womanizer. The movie sparked violence in Libya and other parts of the Middle East, killing dozens. Youssef has been under federal custody and held without bail since September. He was considered a flight risk. The 55-year-old Cerritos man was in hiding ever since a 14-minute trailer of his film, "Innocence of Muslims," was posted on YouTube. Angry protests stoked by the film broke out in Egypt and Libya and violence related to the film has spread, killing dozens. The film portrays Muhammad as a religious fraud, womanizer and pedophile. Authorities said Youssef, an Egyptian-born Christian who's now a U.S. citizen, used more than a dozen aliases and opened 60 bank accounts and had more than 600 credit and debit cards to conduct a check fraud scheme. Youssef was convicted and sentenced to 21 months in prison. He was barred from using computers or the Internet for five years without approval from his probation officer. Federal prosecutors say Youssef has violated his probation, and that he used three different aliases over the past several weeks - including the name "Sam Bacile," which is associated with the controversial film. Prosecutors said Youssef left a paper trail using various names. Cast members for the film say that Youssef used the name "Sam Bassil." They said he ran the show and signed the checks. One actor said he witnessed Youssef sign a check under a different name: "Abanob B. Nakoula." |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
to lite if you ask me. But hey there's always deportation to Egypt In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
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