Score:   1
Docket Number:   SD-TX  4:19-cr-00254
Case Name:   USA v. Rehman
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HOUSTON – A 31-year-old citizen of Pakistan now residing in Houston has been ordered into custody for stalking, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.

A federal grand jury indicted Afzal Arsalan Rehman April 10, 2019, and was taken into custody April 15. Today, U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter Bray found that no condition or combination of conditions would reasonably assure Rehman’s appearance in court and ordered him into custody pending further criminal proceedings.   

At the hearing that began last Thursday and concluded today, the court heard evidence about Rehman’s alleged systematic torture of a victim between October 2015 and June 2018. Rehman allegedly created a Facebook account on multiple occasions which he used to send images and messages to the victim’s family, friends and colleagues. During the online harassment of the victim, Rehman used images he had created via screen capture of Skype sessions between himself and the victim during their intimate romantic relationship, according to the allegations.

He also discovered where the victim worked and allegedly called her place of business numerous times in an attempt to get someone to transfer his calls. While mostly unsuccessful, on one occasion, Rehman told someone he was outside the business and “something bad” was going to happen, according to the allegations heard at the hearing.

The court also heard that Rehman had originally entered the United States on a student visa which was revoked in August 2017. He had been enrolled in college locally and allegedly used the wifi on campus occasionally to create the Facebook accounts. According to the information presented in court, these accounts were in the victim’s name and, at first, appeared to be very normal. However, they allegedly portrayed pictures of the victim at her wedding, then later devolved into the embarrassing and harassing images Rehman captured.

If convicted, Rehman faces up to five years in federal prison and a possible $250,000 maximum fine.

The FBI conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sherri Zack is prosecuting the case.

An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence.A defendant is presumed innocent unless convicted through due process of law.

Docket (0 Docs):   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IJqUs2PBLmvAmkFqhyGsMsqGgQWrfOKA678BBBLu1JE
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Description: The fiscal year of the data file obtained from the AOUSC
Format: YYYY

Description: The code of the federal judicial circuit where the case was located
Format: A2

Description: The code of the federal judicial district where the case was located
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Description: The code of the district office where the case was located
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Description: Docket number assigned by the district to the case
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Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which cannot be modified by the court
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Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which can be modified by the court
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Description: A sequential number indicating whether a case is an original proceeding or a reopen
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Description: Case type associated with the current defendant record
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Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, defendant number, and reopen sequence number
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Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, and reopen sequence number
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Description: The status of the defendant as assigned by the AOUSC
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Description: The date upon which a defendant became a fugitive
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Description: The date upon which a fugitive defendant was taken into custody
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Description: The date when a case was first docketed in the district court
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Description: The date upon which proceedings in a case commenced on charges pending in the district court where the defendant appeared, or the date of the defendant’s felony-waiver of indictment
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Description: A code used to identify the nature of the proceeding
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Description: The date when a defendant first appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
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Description: A code indicating the event by which a defendant appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
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Description: A code indicating the type of legal counsel assigned to a defendant
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Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the highest severity
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Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE1
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Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE1
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Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE1
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Description: The FIPS code used to indicate the county or parish where an offense was committed
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Description: The date of the last action taken on the record
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Description: The date upon which judicial proceedings before the court concluded
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Description: The date upon which the final sentence is recorded on the docket
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Description: The date upon which the case was closed
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Description: A count of defendants filed including inter-district transfers
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Description: A count of defendants filed excluding inter-district transfers
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Description: A count of original proceedings commenced
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Description: A count of defendants filed whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
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