Root of Corruption - Annex: The curious case of Imran Awan & Uber | Klout (pizzagatewhatever)

submitted 6.9 years ago by argosciv

Note: The entries listed ahead under previous, may not or may not be contextually relevant by the time I'm done here - explained in preface.

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[0. RoC - 16: Libya | "We came, we saw, he died" | Why?]
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[2. RoC - Annex: Amin | Weinstein | Bay | Masterson | Scientology | Sep 11 | Black September]

ITT:

Looking at curiosities regarding Imran Awan and Uber.
Per above, looking deeper into Uber to see if there's anything noteworthy on the topic of global corruption.

Preface

I was originally intending for this entry to be published as Part 14 in RoC Chapter 1, but, other topics required attention and snowballed into what can now loosely be called "The Scientology & NXIVM Saga", the original inspiration for this thread was, at the time, based on rumors regarding Imran Awan allegedly being an Uber driver and requesting a larger area in which he could move about freely, so that he could continue to drive for Uber without a large impact on the journeys he was able to undertake - also of interest was at least 2 morbid Uber-related situations involving greusome death and/or attempts to cause harm, etc - alongside Uber-related disinfo being circulated. In short, I've felt that something is amiss with Uber, for a very long time.

Some references to morbid incidents involving Uber:

[3. http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2018/01/jason_dalton_status_conference.html | https://archive.is/rOCxO]:

Criminal case of Uber shooter on hold pending Supreme Court ruling

^{Updated January 19, 2018 at 2:05 PM; Posted January 19, 2018 at 2:04 PM}

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Criminal proceedings against suspected Uber shooter Jason Dalton remain on hold as Kalamazoo County awaits a decision by the Michigan Supreme Court.

Attorneys for Dalton filed an appeal with the Supreme Court after the lower Michigan Court of Appeals declined to hear the appeal.

A status conference scheduled for Dalton's case in Kalamazoo County for Friday afternoon has been rescheduled to Feb. 23.~~

~~Dalton, an Uber driver, is accused of going on a shooting rampage the night of Feb. 20, 2016 at three locations in Kalamazoo County, killing Judy Brown, Barbara Hawthorne, Mary Jo Nye, Mary Lou Nye, Rich Smith and Tyler Smith, and injuring Tiana Carruthers and Abigail Kopf.

Dalton, 47, of Cooper Township, faces six counts of murder, two counts of assault with intent to commit murder and eight felony firearm counts. He was found competent to stand trial in April 2016 and in May 2016 was ordered to stand trial. Solis has filed a notice of intent to use an insanity defense.~~

[4. wiki: 2016 Kalamazoo shootings]

[5. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-uber-driver-killed-teen-charged-met-20170531-story.html | https://archive.is/pYQcr]:

Girl, 16, accused of killing Uber driver with stolen knife, machete

https://archive.is/pYQcr/cc36feaf2f20c06435962bf1409c2e0723dd8933

^{Eliza Wasni, 16, of Chicago has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the slaying of Uber driver Grant Nelson on May 30, 2017. (Village of Lincolnwood)}

I had been happy to shelve the Uber case while addressing more pertinent issues, but, the following came to my attention earlier today:

https://tweetsave.com/klout/status/994634099431165952

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[5. [^ "Details here: [link]"]: https://community.lithium.com/t5/Lithium-s-View-Blog/Sunsetting-Klout/ba-p/473363 | https://archive.is/ZVlyF]:

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"What is the significance of this?"

Great question, let's get into it...

Starting with the situation regarding Imran Awan and Uber:

[6. http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/29/exclusive-imran-awan-has-still-active-secret-house-account-and-its-tied-to-an-intelligence-staffer/ | https://archive.is/hnN5C]:

Exclusive: Wasserman Schultz IT Staffer Banned From House Network Months Ago Still Has Active Account

^{LUKE ROSIAK Investigative Reporter | 10:23 PM 08/29/2017}

A former IT aide suspected of stealing equipment and data from Congress still has an active, secret email account on the House computer system, even though he has been banned from the congressional network because of a criminal investigation into the alleged cybersecurity violations, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned.

Imran Awan’s still-active email address is linked to the name of a House staffer who specializes in intelligence and homeland security matters for Indiana Democratic Rep. André Carson. Court documents and emails obtained by TheDCNF show Awan used the address [email protected] in addition to his standard [email protected] account.

He and two of his Pakistani-born brothers, as well as his wife, are at the center of an FBI investigation over their IT work with dozens of Democratic congressional offices. Authorities shut down Awan’s standard email account Feb. 2, and he was arrested by the FBI at Dulles International Airport trying to board a flight to his native Pakistan on July 25.

Authorities apparently did not realize Awan has a second account that is not linked to his identity. While his main email address began rejecting mail after it was shut down, the 123 address was still accepting mail Tuesday.

Mail sent via Gmail fills in the name of the account-holder of 123 as Nathan Bennett, whose LinkedIn profile says his individual legislative portfolio covers “national security and foreign affairs” and includes work on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

image: Nathan Bennett as name for [email protected]

The member Bennett works for, Carson, is a member of both the House Intelligence and House Homeland Security Committees, and previously employed Awan.~~

[7. http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/01/awan-asks-judge-to-remove-gps-citing-possible-emergency-with-kids-in-pakistan/ | https://archive.is/wZ155]:

VIDEO: Awan Asks Judge To Remove GPS, Citing Possible Emergency With Kids In Pakistan

^{LUKE ROSIAK Investigative Reporter | 1:43 PM 09/01/2017}

A former House of Representatives IT aide was arraigned in federal court Friday on four felony fraud charges, appearing with three attorneys including Chris Gowen, a former close aide to Hillary and Bill Clinton.

Gowen asked that Imran Awan’s GPS monitoring bracelet be removed, citing that Imran might need to attend to an emergency with his children. In a press conference outside court, Gowen admitted that the children are in Pakistan and refused to explain the discrepancy.

“His ability to parent, which may well be single parenting, if there is an emergency…” Gowen said.

He also asked for other restrictions on his movement to be lifted, saying he has been driving for Uber, but the company had no record of any driver matching several variations of Imran’s name.

Prosecutor Michael Marando opposed the motions, saying Imran is a severe flight risk. “From Day 1 there was a pattern of flight. It began September 2016… a pattern of transfers to Pakistan, hundreds of thousands of dollars,” he said. The judge has not ruled on the motion.~~

~~Gowen asked that Imran no longer be barred from traveling more than 50 miles, claiming that Imran — who made $165,000 a year in Congress and also owned four houses with his wife, needed money and was driving Uber. “He is driving for Uber and the 50 mile radius makes that hard… if he rejects a call he will lose his job.”

Uber spokesman Susan Hendrick said there was no record of an Imran Awan matching his description listed as driving for the company. Imran has also gone by two other names, and Hendrick said “There are not any individuals associated with the Uber app with the names ‘Mohammad Awan’ or ‘Shahid Awan’ in Lorton or Springfield.” Imran has two criminal misdemeanor convictions for driving offenses including reckless driving, according to court records.

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Y'know what, there's actually a lot of abstract relevance revealing itself here, with regards to my previous RoC entries; perhaps this is the best time and place for this thread after all...

Noteworthy so far:

The Pakistani roots of the Awan family, including their attempt to fly out to Pakistan - intercepted by the FBI.
Awan claims he worked for Uber and needed mobility restrictions lifted, yet Uber states that they can find nothing to corroborate Awan having been an Uber driver - if it's true that Awan drove for Uber, has he actually revealed the account(s)/device(s) through which he accepted 'calls'?
Is Uber participating in a cover up or has Awan used fraudulent methods to participate as a driver? Is it a case of both, in that Uber knows Awan concealed his identity on their services and they're pretending to know nothing about it?

Many questions are worth asking when it comes to Awan and Uber, thusfar, it has proven very difficult for at least myself to prove that Awan worked as an Uber driver - this needs definitive verification, one way or the other.

Let's take a moment now to look at another morbid incident which Uber has found itself embroiled in and which, has been mentioned previously in RoC: The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting

[7. wiki: Stoneman Douglas High School shooting]:

On February 14, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Seventeen people were killed and seventeen more were wounded, making it one of the world's deadliest school massacres, surpassing the Columbine high school massacre.[2][3][4] After being identified by witnesses and arrested by the Broward County Sheriff's Office shortly afterward, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz confessed to being the perpetrator.[5] He was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. Police and prosecutors have not yet offered a motive and are investigating "a pattern of disciplinary issues and unnerving behavior".[6]

The sheriff's office received a number of tips in 2016 and 2017 about Cruz's threats to carry out a school shooting. The Federal Bureau of Investigation learned that a YouTube user with the username "nikolas cruz" posted a message in September 2017 about becoming a school shooter, but the agency could not identify the user. In January 2018, a direct complaint of a death threat by Cruz was not forwarded to the local FBI office by the FBI tip line.

After the shooting, some Stoneman Douglas students who began campaigning for gun control legislation also founded the advocacy group Never Again MSD. On March 9, Governor Rick Scott signed a bill that raised the minimum age for buying rifles in Florida from 18 to 21. The legislation also established waiting periods and background checks for gun buyers. The law also allowed for the arming of properly trained teachers and the hiring of school police. Bump stocks would now be banned and some potentially violent or mentally unstable people would be prohibited from possessing guns.[7] The National Rifle Association (NRA) immediately filed a lawsuit that challenged the federal constitutionality of the age requirement clause.[8]

It has been said that alleged shooter, Nikolas Cruz, had been driven to MSDHS that day by an Uber driver: I am unsure as to the legitimacy of these claims, but, they are worth mentioning in this context

Starting at 20 seconds in the following, we hear about the alleged Uber ride and we also hear from the woman who claims to have been said Uber driver:

Uber Driver Recalls Taking Suspected Florida Gunman to School Before Massacre

[^]:

Inside Edition

^{Published on Feb 28, 2018}

Nikolas Cruz, 19, is accused of killing 17 people in the Parkland school shooting. He allegedly opened fire after taking an Uber to the school. The driver told CBS News she recalled him carrying a guitar case and was unaware there was an assault rifle inside. Cruz, who is said to have etched Nazi swastikas on his ammo clips, allegedly planned to set up a "sniper's nest" to shoot at students as they fled from the school, according to CBS News.

[8. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-school-shooting-suspect-nikolas-cruz-uber-driver/ | https://archive.is/Bwm5N]:

Included links also archived.

_{February 28, 2018, 2:41 PM}

Nikolas Cruz said he was headed to music class prior to rampage, Uber driver says

PARKLAND, Fla. --Nikolas Cruz ordered an Uber to pick him up on Valentine's Day around 2 p.m., investigators say, as he planned a deadly attack at his former high school. The Uber driver told CBS Miami she arrived at a location on Loxahatchee Road in Parkland, the area where Cruz was living, and picked up Cruz, who climbed in the back seat carrying a big object.

"I saw him with a backpack which I thought was a guitar case. He told me 'I am going to my music class,'" said the Uber driver, who asked CBS Miami to conceal her identity.

The driver thought nothing of it and headed to Cruz's destination -- Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The driver asked that we not show her face or use her name.

[9. [8]: "The Uber driver told CBS Miami"]:

Uber Driver: Cruz Said He Was Headed To Music Class Prior To School Shooting

^{By Carey CoddFebruary 27, 2018 at 11:08 pm}

PARKLAND (CBSMiami) – Nikolas Cruz ordered an Uber to pick him up on Valentine’s Day around 2 p.m., investigators say, as he planned a deadly attack at his former high school.

The Uber driver said she arrived at a location on Loxahatchee Road in Parkland, the area where Cruz was living, and picked up Cruz, who climbed in the back seat carrying a big object.~~

Assuming that it's true that Nikolas Cruz took an Uber to MSDHS that day, this does not necessarily implicate Uber as having direct involvement with the MSDHS shooting incident, but, there's a pattern emerging here...

Given the commotion over gun rights which ensued, the following is worth noting:

[10. https://newrepublic.com/article/122094/uber-isnt-letting-its-drivers-carry-guns-anymore | https://web.archive.org/web/20150620174111/https://newrepublic.com/article/122094/uber-isnt-letting-its-drivers-carry-guns-anymore]:

_{June 19, 2015}

Uber Isn't Letting Its Drivers Carry Guns

Uber has changed its firearms policy to prohibit drivers and riders from carrying guns. The ride-sharing company quietly updated the policy on its website, which now reads:

screenshot ^{From Uber's website.}

Uber representative Matt McKenna shared a statement from the company in an email:

We have adopted a no-firearms policy to ensure that both riders and drivers feel safe and comfortable on the platform. We made this policy change after assessing existing policies and carefully reviewing recent feedback from both riders and driver-partners.

In April, The New Republic reported that Uber’s policy “requires all its drivers to abide by local, state, and federal laws pertaining to transporting firearms in vehicles,” a policy that differed significantly from that of another ride-sharing service, Lyft. Lyft has a “strict ‘No Weapons’ policy,” a decision that the company said comes “from a community perspective—it’s hard to know what someone else is or isn’t comfortable with.”

The companies’ differing policies came to light after an Uber driver in Chicago shot a man who was firing a pistol into a group of people. The Uber driver, who was not named and who had a concealed carry permit, had dropped off a passenger only minutes before pulling out his gun and firing six times at the man shooting a pistol.

[11. https://www.thetrace.org/2017/08/uber-driver-lawsuit-gun-policy/ | https://archive.is/1KN50]:

Uber Driver Sues Ride-Hailing Company Over Gun Policy

^{Jose Mejia, who has a concealed-carry license, says the tech giant's no-weapons rule conflicts with Florida law.}

^{by Alex Yablon ~~ August 22, 2017}

A Florida driver for the ride-hailing giant Uber is suing the company for the right to carry his gun while on the job. Jose Mejia, who has a Florida concealed-carry license, drives for Uber in the Miami area.

In a class action suit filed earlier this month, Mejia claims that Uber’s no-guns policy violates his rights under a 2008 state law that grants concealed carriers the right to possess a gun in their vehicle. The lawsuit quotes extensively from the statute, which says that Floridians have the right to keep and bear arms “within their motor vehicles for self-defense and other lawful purposes” and that these rights “are not abrogated by virtue of a citizen becoming a customer, employee, or invitee of a business entity.”

Uber, based in California, did not respond to a request to comment on the case.

Jon Gutmacher, a Florida attorney and gun-rights specialist, told The Trace on Monday that the suit has merit.

“Were this a company car or a car leased by the company, it would be an entirely different story,” he said. “But Uber drivers use their own vehicles.”~~

Uber is to the firearms debate, what a fly is to shit. At least, that's how it's starting to appear...