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maddezmom

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Tue Aug 7, 2012, 10:48 AM Aug 2012

Who is Roy Antigua? Tampa cops seek help tracking down serial imposter’s past after finding stash of

What was this Florida man doing with a NASA flight suit, military uniforms, a CIA badge and a troubling picture of himself wearing doctor’s scrubs while holding a newborn baby?

BY RHEANA MURRAY / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2012, 10:10 AM
Florida police are stumped by a mystery man’s incredible collection of fake law enforcement, military and medical IDs, badges and uniforms.

Authorities uncovered the imposter’s stash — which even includes a full NASA flight suit and helmet — at the home of Roy Antigua, after the 52-year-old man was arrested last week, The Tampa Bay Times reports.
“We need to know, from start to finish — who is Roy Antigua?” New Port Richey Police Chief James Steffens said at a news conference Monday, standing next to a table covered with the man’s fraudulent credentials.

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At the press conference, Steffens noted that one item on the table wasn’t fake — an ID card identifying Antigua as a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary in Miami, a volunteer unit.

Antigua was kicked out of the unit in 2011 after he was arrested on a grand theft charge, the newspaper reported.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/roy-antigua-tampa-cops-seek-tracking-serial-imposter-finding-stash-fake-ids-uniforms-article-1.1130542#ixzz22s7ccwIg

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Who is Roy Antigua? Tampa cops seek help tracking down serial imposter’s past after finding stash of (Original Post) maddezmom Aug 2012 OP
Florida state laws help scammers and imposters of all sorts. slampoet Aug 2012 #1

slampoet

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1. Florida state laws help scammers and imposters of all sorts.
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 11:05 AM
Aug 2012

The Tampa cops will have my help once they change the laws that make their land a haven for con artists.

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