Conn. car buyers named in alleged Hezbollah scheme
HARTFORD, Conn.—A lawyer for some Connecticut car buyers that federal authorities say were involved in a $300 million money laundering scheme involving Hezbollah says his clients have no connections to the militant group.
Attorney Scott Resnik tells The Hartford Courant ( http://cour.at/xIkTHw) his clients didn't do anything illegal.
Federal prosecutors filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court in December saying Lebanese financial institutions wired more than $300 million into the U.S. to buy cars and ship them to West Africa. Officials say Hezbollah money-laundering channels were used to ship proceeds from the car sales and narcotics trafficking back to Lebanon.
Officials named five Connecticut companies: Golden Eagle Motors of Vernon, EZ Auto Exports of New Britain, Ezedine Brothers of Hartford, Global Auto of South Windsor and MGM Global Trading of South Windsor.
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Information from: The Hartford Courant, http://www.courant.com
