Illegal immigrant charged with impersonating CIA official using scam agency

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An illegal immigrant running from Canadian prosecutors was arrested in September after allegedly trying to recruit as a fake CIA official in the United States, newly unsealed court records show.

An Oct. 7 indictment in Georgia accuses Lakotah Salvini of leading a fraudulent “intelligence” organization called Castle International with co-defendant Richard Myers since at least December 2025. The pair advertised their fake services to a sheriff’s deputy, tried to approach a Navy base in Georgia, and may have recruited an unnamed Pentagon employee, the Department of Justice claimed.

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