Michael John Hamdani
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A Pakistani Canadian document-forger and immigrant-smuggler,<ref name="guelph"/> Michael John Hamdani (also Amarjit Singh Sangha, Azam Shah, Ranjit Singh, Ahmad Malik<ref name="miss"/>) rose to notoriety after he entered a plea bargain with authorities, and triggered a manhunt for five fictitious Middle Eastern terrorists he invented.<ref>Malkin, Michelle, The Report, "Despite the (Michael John) Hamdami hoax, Canada still exports terrorists to America.", February 3, 2003</ref> Authorities were later chastised for crying wolf, and frightening the public with a terrorism alert from the information they had.<ref>Marcus, Ruth & Dan Eggen. Washington Post, "Wanted: 5 Men -- The Terror Alert That Wasn't", January 8, 2003</ref>
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