Posted on 04/07/2009 10:52:01 AM PDT by Lorianne
A Chinese financier was indicted Tuesday on charges of laundering millions of dollars through New York banks to send Iran materials to make nuclear weapons.
Le Fang Wei, 37, used a half-dozen unwitting New York banks along with an assortment of aliases and phony businesses to pull off his sinister plot, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said.
"There's not much doubt that the use is for weapons," he said of the sales. "There is no greater threat to the world today than Iran's efforts to procure nuclear weapons and long range ballistics missiles."
Wei was charged with conspiracy and falsifying records. The Daily News exclusively reported details of the plot Tuesday.
Morgenthau said the banks were unaware of the scheme, where U.S. dollars were funneled through the six financial institutions.
Wei was barred from doing business with any U.S. banks in June 2006 because of his support for Iran's program for weapons of mass destruction.
Prosecutors said he then used fake names and non-existent companies to collect money funneled through the banks. The payment came from Iran in return for materials used to make nuclear weapons, prosecutors said.
The shipments were made directly from Wei's China-based company, Limmt Economic and Trade Company Ltd.
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This can’t possibly be true.
We know that Iran has no desire to build a bomb..
Was he a Democratic Donor?
That would be useful to find out.
So in other words...the Chinese government was facilitating the delivery of banned material to Iran? Got it.
Through American corporations.
Since we aren’t hearing anything I’ll attempt to make a wild guess? Jackass?
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
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Previously...
“Iranian nuke plot vaporized in the city: NY banks unwittingly aided in material transfers, says DA”
BY MELISSA GRACE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Updated Tuesday, April 7th 2009, 1:03 PM
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