El Shaer: The 26-year-old was on the high-risk traveller" list Canadians who have had their passports seized to deter them from leaving to join terrorist organizations and was arrested last week upon returning to Toronto from abroad. He will appear Monday in a Windsor court on a charge of passport fraud. , according to Hamilton Spectator. The charge itself is straightforward. El Shaer was first arrested June 23 after returning from Turkey where, according to police, he made a false statement "for the purpose of procuring a passport." When he failed to appear in court earlier this month on that charge, a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. Mohammed El Shaer is the latest Canadian thrust into the spotlight as a possible threat to the country security. El Shaer lawyer, Paul Esco, could not be reached for comment but had previously told the Windsor Star that his client was "quite surprised and in denial" and that he came back voluntarily last Wednesday.
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