By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 11:47 EST, 23 October 2012 | UPDATED: 12:00 EST, 23 October 2012 Infiltrating: Shamuir Rahman (left) attended a Muslim student group's talk, where he posed for a photo with prominent but controversial New York imam Siraj Wahhaj (right) A paid informant for the New York Police Department's intelligence unit was under orders to 'bait' Muslims into saying incriminating things as he lived a double life. Shamiur Rahman, a 19-year-old American of Bengali descent, was paid up to $1,000 per month for snapping pictures inside mosques and collecting the names of innocent people attending study groups on Islam, he told The Associated Press.
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Police enticed Shamiur Rahman, 19, to help spy on Muslims for them
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He collected pictures of people at rallies, Muslim community talks, and interior shots of mosques
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Paid him up to $1,000-per-month
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NYPD denies widespread spying but CIA allegedly helped set program up
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