Mohamad Soueid of N.Va. accused of spying for Syrian officials

A Northern Virginia man has been accused of gathering information about people protesting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and passing it along to Syrian intelligence officials.

Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid, 47, of Leesburg sought to "undermine, silence, intimidate, and potentially harm" those protesting the Damascus regime and its crackdown on demonstrators, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed Wednesday. He is charged with acting as an agent for a foreign government, making false statements to federal agents and providing false residence information on a gun-purchase form.

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Zachary A. Goldfarb 13 Oct, 2011


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