Archive for November, 2014
Black Muslim fraud case raises questions over government contracts
As Basheer Fard Muhammad, a Black Muslim temple leader Dahood Bey, Bey’s mother Rory Parker and four others face 43 felony charges combined for fraud, grand theft and other crimes that include seeking and sometimes winning government security contracts with allegedly bogus licenses and references, Vallejo stands out as the rare government agency whose diligence kept it from being defrauded.
Oakland: Man takes surprise plea deal in BMT security fraud scandal
HAYWARD — A man charged in a sprawling fraud case involving a security business run from a Black Muslim temple in Oakland that won government contracts with allegedly forged credentials entered a surprise plea Friday afternoon and has agreed to cooperate with investigators.
Alameda County judge refuses to release one of the alleged masterminds of a massive fraud ring
HAYWARD — A small library of books about how to make fake IDs and even counterfeit passports was found in a storage unit when authorities arrested a Black Muslim minister, his mother and four others last month on charges they ran a massive fraud ring from a temple in Oakland, lawyers revealed at a court hearing Monday.