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  • Prosecutor: FBI Sting Stopped Arms Dealers

    06/21/2007 6:18:38 AM PDT · by Calpernia · 11 replies · 947+ views
    NEW YORK -- An Armenian immigrant accused of plotting to sell military weapons to an FBI informant posing as an arms dealer went on trial Wednesday with a prosecutor saying he was greedy for a fast buck and his defense lawyer saying he merely wanted a green card. Artur Solomonyan and five others were accused of agreeing to obtain deadly weapons from those who knew what happened to weapons in the former Soviet Union, Assistant U.S. Attorney David Massey said. "The defendants saw these deadly weapons as a way to make a quick buck," Massey said. An indictment accused Solomonyan...