Man Pleads Guilty To Impersonating NSA Agent

A Georgia man has pleaded guilty to impersonating a National Security Agent according to authorities and several news reports.

From May 19 to Jun 9, Louis Joseph Aprile, 49, initiated meetings with local police, claiming to be an NSA deputy director, according to court documents and acting U.S. attorney Sally Quillian Yates.He convinced police that he was assigned with organizing an anti-terrorist task force, specifically targeting a supposed Iraqi cell plotting to bomb something locally,  authorities said.

But police determined Aprile was a fake.

He was indicted in July on one count of impersonating a federal agent, and could be sentenced to up to three years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine, court officials said.

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