May 18, 2022- 5:08 p.m.
The FBI executed a search warrant this morning in Central, South Carolina at a home on White Oak Circle.
Mohamed Shabaan was arrested following a grand jury indictment charging him after the FBI said he tried to buy a firearm illegally on three different occasions in the Upstate.
COUNT ONE:
That on or about March 22, 2019, in the District of South Carolina, the Defendant, MOHAMED SHA WKI SHABAAN, a/k/a Hamdi Shawki, a/k/a Mohamed Shabaan, in connection with the attempted acquisition of a firearm, to wit; a handgun from Deep South Defense, LLC, a federally licensed firearms dealer,
knowingly made a false and fictitious written statement on a Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives form 4473, which was intended and likely to deceive Deep South Defense, LLC, as to a material fact to the
lawfulness of such sale of the firearm to the Defendant, in that the Defendant answered question 11 ( d) that he was not a fugitive from justice, when, in fact, he knew he was a fugitive;
In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(a)(6) and 924(a)(2).
COUNT TWO:
That on or about May 3, 2019, in the District of South Carolina, the Defendant,
MOHAMED SHA WKI SHABAAN, a/k/a Hamdi Shawki, a/k/a Mohamed Shabaan, in connection with the attempted acquisition of a firearm, to wit; a handgun from Clemson Gun and Pawn, a licensed firearms dealer withing the meaning of Chapter
44, Title 18, United States Code, knowingly made a false and fictitious written statement to Clemson Gun and Pawn, on a Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives form 4473, Firearms Transaction Record, which
statement was intended and likely to deceive Clemson Gun and Pawn, as to a fact to the lawfulness of such sale of the firearm to the Defendant under Chapter 44 of Title 18, in that the Defendant answered question 11 ( d) that he was not a fugitive from justice, when, in fact, he knew he was a fugitive; In violation ofTitle 18, United States Code, Sections 922(a)(6) and 924(a)(2).
COUNT THREE:
hat on or about October 19, 2020, in the District of South Carolina, the Defendant, MOHAMED SHA WK.I SHABAAN, a/k/a Hamdi Shawki, a/k/a Mohamed Shabaan, in connection with the attempted acquisition of a firearm, to wit; a Stevens shotgun from Clemson Gun and Pawn, a federally licensed firearms dealer,
knowingly made a false and fictitious written statement on a Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives form 4473, which was intended and likely to deceive Clemson Gun and Pawn, as to a material fact to the
lawfulness of such sale of the firearm to the Defendant, in that the Defendant answered question 21 ( d) that he was not a fugitive from justice, when, in fact, he knew he was a fugitive;
In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922( a)( 6) and 924( a )(2)
We are working to get more details. Not all of the documents have been unsealed as of this afternoon.
I just wanted to update many of you who reached out to me this morning about the scene outside his home in Central.
