FBI Press Release
Atlanta Field Office
Gregory Jones, Special Agent in Charge

2635 Century Parkway Suite 400   
Contact:  SA Stephen Emmett
Atlanta, GA 30345  Desk:  (404) 679-6451
(404) 679-9000     Cell:    (404) 392-2506

For Immediate Release
Friday, February 01, 2008

Atlanta – Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Gregory Jones, FBI Atlanta, along with Fulton County Police Chief Cassandra A. Jones, announce the arrest of Michael Yu-hang Wang, aka Michael Wang, Michael Li, age 24, of Tucker, Georgia, on State charges of Impersonating a Police Officer (GCA 16-10-23) and Forgery (GCA 16-9-2).

Wang was arrested this past Friday evening, January 25, 2008 , as he stepped off an arriving flight at Atlanta ’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport . Wang had just returned to the U.S. via New York from China .

Information was received at the Atlanta FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) several weeks prior that Wang had departed on a trip to China but had left behind suspicious information/documents that indicated that Wang might possibly have intent on doing harm to person(s) unknown. Further information was developed that led to the Gwinnett County Police Department, supported by the JTTF, executing a search warrant at Wang’s Tucker, Georgia residence.

Found at the residence were several guns, numerous police and SWAT uniforms, and associated police equipment, to include badges and several ballistic vests.

Based on the above and additional information that indicated that Wang had attended a recent law enforcement sponsored training course while portraying himself as a Cobb County Police Officer and wearing the uniform of same, Wang was charged by the Fulton County Police Department on the above Impersonation and Forgery related charges. Wang was taken to the Fulton County Detention Center subsequent to his arrest for further processing.

There are no federal charges pending against Wang. As background, the function of the FBI JTTF is to not only process incoming information and determine any nexus to terrorism but to also share that information with local and state law enforcement officials for any actions that agency deems necessary.

The public is reminded that all persons are to be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.