"An Iranian man was sentenced by a Texas court Monday to more than two
years in prison for stealing the identity of a US pilot in order to
obtain federal aviation credentials.
Nader Ali Sabouri
Haghighi, 41, pleaded guilty in November to four counts of identity
theft related to his attempt to obtain an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP)
and flight instructor certificate.
The Justice Department
statement said there was no evidence Haghighi had sought the flying
permits for “terrorism-related” activity.
Haghighi’s fraud came
to light after he crashed a plane in Bornholm, Denmark in September
2012 while in possession of his victim’s ATP, the highest level of
aircraft pilot license issued by the Federal Aviation Administration.
He later returned to Iran before resurfacing in Indonesia. He was
eventually arrested in Panama, where he waived extradition to the United
States in August 2014."
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