>> the actors identified this man as sam basseley. associated press and others quoting federal authorities say he is knack knacogdoches owknac. he was questioned to establish whether he broke the terms of his probation from federal fraud charges which prohibit him from using the internet. >> the cease of his death in benghazi was under the noses, at the corner of hollywood and barns. right under the noses of the politicians in the city and it grew and it grew. >> john walsh is one of hollywood's colorful characters a former teacher who trolls the seat and this is a photo of the poster the film was initially called innocence of bin laden later changed to the innocence of muslims. i see this poster i go to my politicians where you are allowed to speak. because i was allowed to speak with the city council of the day before of the showing i got up and said what's happening here? >> in june he raised the issue but his complaint fell on deaf ears. kre started heckling me. >> your belief these people the producers, directors, the actors have

he says his name is sam bacile but he's also named as nakoula basseley nakoula and several other ali as. he was convicted in 2009 of bank fraud. he lives in cerritos, california and married with two children. miguel marquez has further details on this man. >> reporter: he's the shadowy maker of a low budget anti-islamic film who has a criminal past and many ali as. as we discovered for good reason. in 1997 bacile, his real name nakoula basseley nakoula spent a year in prison convicted of intenth to manufacture methamphetamine. in 2010 he spent another year this time in federal prison for fraud. these are just some of the documents for criminal cases against sam bacile or nakoula basseley nakoula. it is clear by going through these that investigators had a hard time tracking him down as well. the guy had several addresses, many social security numbers, and lots of names. court documents showed he used 17 different names including sam bacile, p.j. tobacco and thomas tanas. anyone having anything to do with sam bacile is scared to death right now across los angeles. this is neighborhood

sam bacile or nakoula basseley nakoula. l addresses, many social security numbers and lots of names. court documents show he used at least 17 different names, including sam bacile, p.j. to be alcoho alcohol, krtbal. nakoula basseley used his address to get credit cards and conduct the fraudulent activity that he carried out. he found out about it, called the police and hasn't seen him since. numbers associated with b aacile's many identities turn up nothing. >> the number you dialed is not a working number. >> reporter: even anti-islamic activists who workd with him say they don't know who he was. >> sam is not his real name. i knew that. >> same for actors in his movie. >> he told me he was from israel, told me he was going to show the movie in egypt and either i assumed he was from egypt or -- >> he led you to believe he was egyptian? >> yes. because that's what i believed. >> reporter: this is the best address we have for sam bacile or nakoula basseley. you can see all the media is camped out here. we'll try one more time

. >> reporter: police say nakoula basseley nakoula who used the name sam basseley, is a member of thed also spent time in prison. >> i never said muhammad. i never heard muhammad. >> reporter: the actress says she was duped and there was no mention of an anti-islamic message until after filming when the role of george was changed to muhammad. >> i just want the world to know that i did not know. >> reporter: at least 51 u.s. embassies and consulates sent out warnings to u.s. citizens asking them to be vigilant and to avoid large crowds. brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >>> this morning, we learned the names of all victims that have been killed, ambassador chris stevens, a career diplomat who served two tours in libya. sean smith who works as an information management specialist. glen doherty, a former navy s.e.a.l. who was protecting the consulate and tyrone woods, another former navy s.e.a.l. who served multiple tours in iraq and afghanistan also protecting the consulate. >> well, the man who wrote, produced, and directed the film is now in hiding. nakoula basseley nakoula asked p

he used at least 17 fake names including sam basseley, the pseudonym under which he made the film. >>> investigators say the sons anarchy star beat and strangled his 81-year-old land lady before falling from the three-story home to his death. that's as police were approaching. drugs may have been involved but they say just don't have any proof yet. >>> later police in roseville, michigan, will be drilling for clues in a search for the possible remains of jimmy hoffa. they will test soil samples from beneath the drivewaya home. looking for human remains, a tipster apparently told police a body was buried there around the time the teamsters union chief vanished 37 years ago why now? why now? >> a lot of questions about this. there are people who say maybe. you say -- >> no way. >>> a colossal waste of time and money is exactly what i said. >> we will be investigating it in full shortly. >>> meanwhile, driving while texting in most states is illegal. maybe texting while not walking near a cliff should be also. we'll have the real story coming up. ♪ keys, keys, keys, keys, keys. ♪ well, h

sam imeal. he told the associated press his name was something else. one of conditions of his probation is that he go by no other name other than his legal name, nakoula basseleyless he got permission from his probation officer. this is a man who was going by sam basile, he had 17 aliases before he was convicted of fraud and identity theft. don? >> great work, thank you, miguel marquez. we appreciate it. >>> we're awaiting the return of a u.s. astronaut and two russian cosmonauts. we go live as their capsule lands in just a moment. >>> there is, it's just landing, after four months of floating around the earth, the soyuz is landing now. the u.s. astronaut, joe acaba. the russian soyuz just landed. that was after 125 days in space. they are landing now in kazakhstan. we're looking at that, this is coming from nasa television. the northern part of the country is where it is, in the desert region. i expect the odd feeling, the affects of gravity on your body. we'll show it to you now as it hit. let's take a look. do we have it? all right. we'll bring to you if we can. a medical team will meet them there and we hope that they are a-okay. let's take a listen now to

yeah. >> deon feels betrayed about a man that pretended to be a film maker and friend, sam bacile, nakoula basseley nakoula, a fraudster and identity thief that put all of his skills together to pull off the role of a lifetime. >> he had vision. him and the director would get in an argument. he knew what he was doing. he was playing us all along. >> in this town a common experience but the making of this film, the deception and dark motivation would be oscar worthy if hateful were a category. >> so, miguel, let me ask you this. we know as part of this criminal past that mr. nakoula basseley nakoula has been on probation and as a part of that probation he has been limited in his internet access but do we know anything else about the probation order that may give cause for worry here? >> yeah. his access to the internet may not least of his problems. there is a specific condition in the probation agreement that says he cannot use any other name than his true and legal name which is nakoula basseley nakoula without the written permission of his probation officer. we know his name sam bacile that he re

basseley nakoula was in prison for manufacturing methamphetamine. this time in federal prison for fraud. these are some of the documents for criminal cases against samcile or nakoula basseley nakoula. it is clear by going through these that investigators had a hard time tracking him down as well. the guy had several addresses, many social security numbers, and lots of names. court documents show he used at least 17 different names including sam bacile, p.j. tobacco and thomas tanas. anybody having to do with sam bacile is scared. this is a neighborhood in long beach, a man who lives here says that nakoula basseley nakoula used his address to get credit cards and conduct some of the fraudulent activity that he carried out. he found out about it, called the police, and hasn't seen him since. numbers associated with bacile's many identities turned up nothing. >> the number you dialed is not a working number. >> reporter: anti-islamists who worked with him didn't know who he was. the same is true for the actors. >> he told me he was from israel. he told me he was going to show the movie in egypt. and either i assumed he was from egypt or -- >> or led yo

named sam bacile, and the problem is that there was no record of sam bacile has been found, and we know that this individual nakoula basseley acknowledgeded that he was the manager of the company that made the film. he denies that he is sam bacile, but he has a long criminal record going back to the late 1990s when he was arrested on drug charge, methamphetamine charges and sentenced twice for prison and filed twice for bankruptcy and then rearrested on federal identity theft for bilking wells fargo bank in which he was alleged to have used multiple aliases and variations of baselle, and that is close to the name of the filmmaker here. it is not clear whether nakoula basseley nakoula is the sam bacile in question, but the federal law enforcement officials are looking into that, because as part of the conviction of the identity theft case just three years ago, there was a five-year probation on banning him from using, and banning him from using the internet without the approval of his federal probation officer, and of course, sam bacile, the filmmaker who made this film did have a youtube posting under that name in which the

these are just some of the documents for criminal cases against sam bacile or nakoula basseley nakoulaesses. many social security nbers. and lots of names. court documents showed he used at least 17 different names, including sam bacile, kitbag difrat and thomas tanas. anyone having anything to do with sam bacile is scared to death across los angeles. this is a neighborhood in long beach. a man who lives here says that nakoula basseley used his address to get credit cards and conduct some of the fraudulent activity that he carried out. he found out about it called the police numbers associated with bacile's many identities turn up nothing. >> the number you dialed is not a working number. >> reporter: even anti-islamic activists who work with him say they were never exactly sure who he was. >> sam was not his real name. i knew that. >> reporter: the same true even for actors in his own movie. >> he told me he was from israel. he told me he was going to show the movie in egypt. and either i assumed he was from egypt, or -- >> reporter: he led you to believe he was egyptian? >> yes. beca

. >> these are some of the documents for sam bacile or nakoula basseley nakoula.lear investigators had a hard time tracking him down as well. the guy had several addresses, many social security numbers and lots of names. court documents show he used at least 17 different names, including sam bacile, kritbagh dais difrait, kurt tobacco. anything having anything to do with with sam bassil is scared to death. a man that lives here says that nakoula bassi. used his address to get credit cards and he found out about it and called the police and hasn't seen him since. members associated with his many identities turned up nothing. >> the number you dialed is not a working number. >> even anti-islamic activists that worked with him say they were never exactly sure who he was. >> sam was not his real name. i knew that. >> reporter: the same is true for the actors in his movie. >> he told me he was from israel today he showed me he was going to show the movie in egypt, and either i assumed he was from egypt or -- >> he led you to believe he was egyptian. >> yes, because tha

take vo ----un hombre que se hace llamar "sam bacile" dice ser el director de la pelicula, pero la prensa asociada divulgo que su nombre verdadero es basseleyla... ---en una entrevista concedida a la "ap" cerca de los angeles,, nakoula niega ser "sam bacile" y dice conocer al cineasta y nakoula afirmo que el se encargo de la logistica para la produccion del film, el cual se burla de los musulmanes y del profeta mahoma... topvo cesar ---la pelicula fue puesta en la pagina de internet "you tube", y ahora la empresa dueÑa del canal de internet, google, anuncio que no eliminara el video de su pagina, pero si anuncio que su acceso fue bloqueado en egipto y libia. ---segun directivos de la empresa, el video no viola las politicas de "you tube" pero que tuvieron que hacer una excepcion con los paises mencionados por las circunstancia s extraordinari as que se han presentado tanto en egipto como en libia. cesar tiempo de la primera pausa en su noticiero telemundo 48 en alta definicionpero al regresar... blanca miles de personas son evacudas en guatemala tras la erupcion del volcan de fuego... cesar ademas, arrestan a otro capo del narcotrafico en m

sam bacile. >> he's actually nakoula basseley ba cue la. >> that's right. >> who's been questioned by them. it sounds like those two organizations are wrong on every count. >> they're wrong. the reason was they were steered wrong by sam bacile/him. >> what do you make of a volatile situation like that, taking the word of somebody you talked to over the phone who says i raised $5 million from jewish donors. how serious a mistake was that? >> that a is a very serious mistake in this context because clearly the middle east is in flames over this particular film and to blame it on or to cite jewish sources for this film is kind of a blood libel that goes for centuries. >> i'm not sure the subsequent story's ever quite caught up with the initial reports we played snippets of what was on tv. it was on websites. "the wall street journal" ran a correction. what happened when you asked the ap about it? >> they actually got around it two days after the fact. they said their initial report had been wrong and they corrected the record. >> why did it take two days? >> i think they had to investigate what

. >> reporter: police identified him as 55-year-old, nakoula basseley nakoula, who used the assumed name, samkoula was convicted of manufacturing meth in the 90s, and sent to prison on bank fraud charges where he told authorities he wrote the film script. he was released from custody in june 2011 and production began just two months later at this sound stage in california. actors say they were duped, told they were in a film to be called "detz earth warrior" the role of muhammad was listed as george and anti-islamic message was not in the script. >> i want the world to know i did not know. >> reporter: actress cindy garcia, the scene in which she accuses master george of being a pedophile was overdubbed with muhammad replacing master george. >> i never said muhammad or heard it. >> reporter: nakoula falsely told reporters earlier this week he was an israeli jew and wealthy jewish donors put up the money for the film. in fact, authorities tell abc news he admitted it was his wife's christian relatives in e sdwrept who paid for the film no more than $60 t. not the $5 million, nakoula claimed. b

. >> reporter: police identified him as 55-year-old nakoula basseley nakoula, who used the assumed name samasile and is a member of egyptian christian coptic church. records obtained by abc news show nakoula was convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine in the 1990s and was later sent to prison on bank fraud charges, where he told authorities he wrote the film's script. he was released from prison in june 2011 and production began just two months later at this sound stage in california. actors say they were duped, told they were in a film to be called "desert warrior." the role of mohammed was listed as george, and its anti-islamic message was not in the script. >> i just want the world to know that i did not know. >> reporter: actress cindy garcia says the scene in which she accuses master george of being a pedophile, was over-dubbed with the word muhammad, replacing master george. >> i never said muhammad. i never heard muhammad. >> reporter: as to throw more fuel on the flames, nakoula told reporters he was an israeli jew and that the jews financed the film. authorities tell abc news he

sam bacile. knack kul la basseley nakoula, a 55-year-old california resident tells the associated press he was aroducer but denies he was the director. actors in the film say it was originally called desert warrior. filmed on sets like this, at blue cloud movie ranch outside of l.a. and on green screens with backgrounds added later, digitally. >> we were supposed to be playing a film of how life was 2,000 years ago. and compared to today. >> reporter: these script pages obtained by abc news, show dialogue for a character named george. in the trailer, george's name has been changed to muhammad. and much of the most offensive dialogue appears to have been dubbed over the actors' voices. back here, the egyptian president is trying to restore calm, by saying we condemn these unlawful attacks and promming to protectitect the u.s. embassy. that's falling on deaf ears here, with protesters continuing with their battle and calling for a million man march. amy? >> lama hasan, in cairo, thank you. >>> and as we mentioned, two u.s. warships now positioned off the libyan coast. and martha raddatz is trackin

he's known to some as sam bacile and to others nakoula basseley nakoula and he left his home through a side yard gate surrounded by sheriff's deputies. >> do you have anything to say? >> reporter: the man you see under the hat and towel wearing a winter jacket in the l.a. summer heat may be responsible for sparking the flames of the deadly violence in the muslim world. he's trying to hide his face and believed to be the man responsible for creating a film called "innocence of muslims." depicting muhammad in any form is considered an insult to islam. l.a. county sheriff spokesman said nakoula basseley nakoula is not under arrest. >> l.a. county sheriff's department tonight about midnight assisted federal probation officers in a voluntary interview. nobody is arrested. nobody is detained. nobody is in custody. >> he was escorted to the l.a. sheriff's department for a possible questioning on violation of his parole. he was convicted of bank fraud. he was not allowed to use or own device with internet devices. nakoula basseley nakoula of only allowed to use a computer for work. additiona

investigators have interviewed a man linked to the anti- islamic film. 55-year-old nakoula basseley nakoula is the man ao known as sam bacile, believed to be the producer of the small independent film called the innocence of muslims. he was questioned at the los angeles sheriff's station early this morning. and he is under investigation because he has been convicted of financial crimes in the past. but he has not been arrested for this film. >> we've never handcuffed. he was never arrested. never detained. never in custody. it was all voluntary. he covered himself up with a cloth on the face. that's what he wanted. and he had every right to do it. >> nakoula is on probation for financial crimes and key go back to prison if a judge decides he violated the terms of of the probation. he denice being involved in the film. >>> the cop tick orthodox churches across the country are bracing for backlash because of the anti-muslim film promoted by a reported church member. saint mark's cop tick church in fairfax was quick to condemn the 13-minute film and hoping the 19th annual egyptian festival will show the community what t

police tell "abc news" that nakoula basseley nakoula is a 55-year-old egyptian christian who uses the name samake the film. nakoula allegedly wrote the film while in prison serving time on bank fraud. >> cenk: he's an egyptian coptic guy. we don't know anything about the guy because's tremendous scam artist. we'll talk more about him later in the show. we need to begin to understand one another's culture. muslims in the world are angry that america does not respect their culture. do they respect our culture? i'll have to explain how things work here. if muslims say george bush invaded iraq, and george bush, the president of the united states, he equals america. i could say look, it pains me. 70% of the country now does not like this guy. he was our president and we are a democracy. i get it. if they say president obama equals america. he is our president. he does drone strikes. they might not like drone strikes because it kills family members. they might be mad at obama i get it. but if they say pastor terry terry jones represents america. this guy is a village idiot. don't you have a village

basseley nakoula. when we first told you about him last night he was using the name sam bacile and portraying himself asamerican. israel ministry said they have no record of sam bacile. he has a criminal past and is a coptic christian. miguel, what can you tell us, first of all about this man's criminal past. >> reporter: it's extensive. there's no doubt he doesn't want to we found. in 1991, he was convicted of misdemeanors, didn't serve any jail time for that. in 1997 he was convicted of intent to manufacture methamphetamine, the drug methamphetamine and he served a year in prison for that and in 2010 in an elaborate fraudulent scheme he served a year in federal prison, elaborate scheme where he would create false identities and then get money through those credit card convenience checks put them into fake bank accounts, withdraw the money and then walk away from it all. >> obviously adding more intrigue to this bizarre story. what do we know about him being an coptic christian and egyptian. crucial given this is a small and persecuted group in egypt. >> the big concern is that coptic christians in egy