We applaude Gov Perry in his quest to keep All Texans Armed and Ready.
Posted on 04/01/2012 6:18:16 PM PDT by LSUfan
The Yassine family of Austin, Texas is apparently quite the enterprising group. Led by Hussein “Mike” Yassine, the Yassines were quite diversified.
They own 8 bars.
According to law enforcement authorities they are also a one-family crime wave. They are involved in murder, money laundering, drug dealing–and they have a brother back in Lebanon who is part of Hezbollah.
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We applaude Gov Perry in his quest to keep All Texans Armed and Ready.
NOTE The following text is a quote:
www.fbi.gov/sanantonio/press-releases/2012/federal-state-and-local-law-enforcement-arrest-10-austin-area-residents-on-federal-drug-and-money-laundering-charges
Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement Arrest 10 Austin-Area Residents on Federal Drug and Money Laundering Charges
U.S. Attorney’s Office
March 22, 2012
Western District of Texas
John E. Murphy, Attorney for the United States, FBI Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez, IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steve McCullough, and Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo announced the arrest of 10 Austin-area residents, including Austin businessman Hussein Ali Yassine, on federal drug and money laundering charges.
Those arrested this morning without incident include:
Hussein Ali Yassine, 40, of Austin; Hadi Ali Yassine, 35, of Austin; Mohammed Ali Yassine, 38, of Austin; Marisse Marthe Ruales, 33; Nizar Hakiki, 32, of Austin; Karim Faiq, 29, of Manor, Texas; Amar Thabet Araf, 29, of Austin; Sami Derder, 38, of Pflugerville, Texas; Edgar Orsini, 40, of Cedar Creek, Texas; and Alejandro Melendrez, 42, of Austin.
On Tuesday, a federal grand jury returned a total of five indictments in connection with this investigation which contained conspiracy, as well as substantive, cocaine distribution and money laundering charges. According to those indictments, the defendants carried out their various schemes in 2007, 2008, and 2009. With respect to the money laundering indictment, defendants Hussein Ali Yassine, Hadi Ali Yassine, Mohammed Ali Yassine, and Ruales carried out their scheme in 2008 and 2009 and authorities believe that they used several business establishments located in downtown Austin to launder over $200,000 in cash, which they believed to be the proceeds of narcotics trafficking. Defendants Mohammed Ali Yassine and Nizar Kakiki are also charged with one count of transferring a firearm knowing that the firearm would be used to commit a drug trafficking crime. In addition to filing criminal charges, the government is seeking monetary judgements against the defendants totaling approximately $300,000 which represent property involved in the alleged offenses.
The 10 arrested defendants remain in federal custody pending detention hearings scheduled for Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis Green in Austin. Upon conviction, maximum federal prison sentences for the defendants range anywhere from 20 years to life depending on the charge.
This investigation is being conducted by agents and investigators with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, and the Austin Police Department, together with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Texas Attorney General’s Office, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, and the Texas Comptroller’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Gregg N. Sofer and Jennifer Freel are prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
“Investigators link nightclub owner, associates to drug deals, militant Islamic group, homicide case”
By Gary Dinges and Patrick George
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 6:35 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Published: 10:17 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, 2012
SNIPPET: “Arrested last week on money laundering and drug charges, Yassine Enterprises owner Hussein Ali “Mike” Yassine, his brother, Mohammed Ali “Steve” Yassine, and eight others appeared in federal court and heard more details about the cases against them.”
SNIPPET: “Officials linked one suspect to the Texas Syndicate prison gang. They also said thousands of dollars were transferred to a Yassine relative in Lebanon who is reportedly connected to the militant group Hezbollah, considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.”
“On Tuesday, a federal grand jury returned a total of five indictments in connection with this investigation which contained conspiracy, as well as substantive, cocaine distribution and money laundering charges.”
Thank you Hollywood for snorting all that cocaine and supporting terrorism.
Or west of MoPac.
I want to fight these bastards tooth and nail and I have to live here to do it. I will not let the heart of Texas go into the cesspool without a fight.
That GAMA is a deeply entrenched network.
LOL!!!
There, now that's correct
No, you didn’t correct it. You made it worse. Just what we need more cocaine snorting legally. PUKE!
“WHY OH WHY DO WE EVEN ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO BECOME ESTABLISHED IN OUR NATION?”
A question we all ask ourselves; all, that is, except our Republican and Dimocrat overlords in the District of Corruption.
You'd rather keep channeling hyperinflated profits into terrorist hands, in a futile attempt to dictate what adults put in their noses?
So do I;
We quit going to motels for the same reason. They do not believe in using disinfectants! You cannot really trust them in changing the bed clothing nor the pillow slips!
Better to stay at home than to get bed bugs and whatever!
I used to drink that whiskey and snort that cocaine
Ain’t no reason to condemn me to hell,
I didn’t use the cocaine to get high,
I just liked the smell…
Ray Wylie Hubbard....Austin staple BITD>>>
http://www.myspace.com/music/player?sid=87032809&ac=now
You are correct...it is worth suffering the liberals.
I lived there from '80 to '82.
"Pray for me, I drive 183"
Austin's on the Colorado.
Thanks! Just goes to show I should engage brain first, keyboard second.
I remember a Final Jeopardy question one time which was:
“The body of water in which Colorado River empties”
Of course they were looking for “What is the Gulf of California?”, but I had to chuckle because if someone had answered with “What is the Gulf of Mexico?”, they would have also been correct.
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