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BBC story:
A Hong Kong man who faked his own death in the 11 September attacks on the World Trade Center in New York has been sent to prison for four years.
Steven Chin Leung posed as a non-existent brother to try to obtain a death certificate for himself to persuade authorities to drop a charge brought against him in Hawaii for passport fraud.
He fabricated an e-mail to show he was working in the World Trade Center for Cantor Fitzgerald, a brokerage which lost more than 650 employees in the disaster.
New York judge Denny Chin condemned the "complete selfishness" of Leung and said he was guilty of "despicable conduct".
(The judge failed to add that it was a dumb thing to do considering he'd got done for fraud the first time and decided to try again...)
A Hong Kong man who faked his own death in the 11 September attacks on the World Trade Center in New York has been sent to prison for four years.
Steven Chin Leung posed as a non-existent brother to try to obtain a death certificate for himself to persuade authorities to drop a charge brought against him in Hawaii for passport fraud.
He fabricated an e-mail to show he was working in the World Trade Center for Cantor Fitzgerald, a brokerage which lost more than 650 employees in the disaster.
New York judge Denny Chin condemned the "complete selfishness" of Leung and said he was guilty of "despicable conduct".
(The judge failed to add that it was a dumb thing to do considering he'd got done for fraud the first time and decided to try again...)