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  • Two men plead guilty to cigarette racketeering enterprise that funded Hezbollah

    07/16/2006 1:59:55 PM PDT · by PghBaldy · 28 replies · 1,878+ views
    DETROIT -- Two men pleaded guilty Friday to charges of conspiracy to violate the "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act" (RICO), U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Murphy announced today. Imad Majed Hamadeh, 51, of Dearborn Heights, and Theodore Schenk, 73, of Miami Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty here before U.S. District Judge Gerald E. Rosen to the following charges: operating a criminal enterprise to traffic in contraband cigarettes, counterfeit Zig Zag rolling papers and counterfeit Viagra; producing counterfeit cigarette tax stamps; transporting stolen property; and money laundering. Sixteen other defendants faced the same charges. Some of the profits derived from the illegal...
  • Man pleads guilty to providing support to Hezbollah

    09/18/2003 8:45:29 PM PDT · by Dan from Michigan · 15 replies · 296+ views
    ap ^ | 9-18-03
    Man pleads guilty to providing support to Hezbollah The Associated Press 9/18/2003, 4:42 p.m. ET DETROIT (AP) — A man who the government says funneled contraband profits from cigarette trafficking to the Islamic-militant group Hezbollah pleaded guilty Thursday to providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Hassan M. Makki, 41, of Dearborn, also pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy charge, according to a plea agreement filed in U.S. District Court. Under the agreement, he faces up to 5 years and 11 months in prison and a fine up to $250,000 when sentenced Dec. 16. If the sentence is greater,...