US consulate attacks: fraudster behind Mohammed video The Daily Telegraph traced him through a company which carried out a casting call for the film in the summer. Its president was listed as one of Mr Nakoula's aliases. For the casting notices the film's producer had used several variations of the pseudonym "Sam Bacile." He also used that name when conducting phone interviews following the unrest in Libya. In those interviews he claimed to be an Israeli-American property developer and to have raised $5 million for the film from Jewish donors. On Wednesday at a modest two-storey, four bedroom house with a statue of the Virgin Mary on the doortep, in a satellite town outside Los Angeles, a middle aged man confirmed that he was Nakoula, and that he had been previously convicted of fraud. However, he denied all knowledge of the film, telling The Daily Telegraph: "I didn't know this movie, I didn't work on it, I know nothing about it. They need to blame someone. I'm a gas station worker, how can I have made a five millon dollar movie? I didn't know anything about the movie. However, his protestations were undermined by the fact that his front door, and a chandelier visible just inside, looked very similar to those featured in a scene from "Innocence of Muslims." One of the actors in the film also bore a strong resemblance to a young man seen at the house. The brief interview in Mr Nakoula's garage ended as police arrived to talk to him. Officers stayed at the house overnight on Thursday. It is understood police were also sent to an evangelical Christian DVD production company near Los Angeles. The Associated Press also traced Nakoula after discovering that a mobile phone number "Sam Bacile" spoke to the agency from on Tuesday was registered at Nakoula's address. Nakoula told AP he managed "logistics" for a company that produced the film, but denied being "Sam Bacile." A law enforcement source later said Nakoula was connected to the false "Sam Bacile" persona. Production of the film itself appears to have been an elaborate exercise in duplicity, which included conning the actors involved. Casting notices went out in Hollywood in the summer for a film called "Desert Warrior." It was billed as a historical Arabian Desert adventure featuring a character called "George" who was a "strong leader, romantic, tyrant, a killer with no remorse." One actor involved in the film said the budget was less than $100,000. He said that, during production, "Sam Bacile" claimed to have cancer, and to have been making trips to Egypt to raise money. Actors were sometimes paid with $20 bills from his wallet. The actors received scripts at the last minute and said the dialogue was innocuous. That dialogue was later dubbed over, without their knowlede, to turn "George" into the Prophet Mohammed, and to make the film offensive and blasphemous. Actress Cindy Lee Garcia said: "It was going to be a film based on how things were 2,000 years ago. In a joint statement those involved in the film said: "The entire cast and crew are extremely upset and feel taken advantage of by the producer. We are shocked by the drastic re-writes of the script and lies that were told to all involved.