Saturday, January 22, 2022

Weapons for Gambia Politician Offer Leads To 42 Months for Money Laundering in SDNY

 

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book
BBC - Guardian UK - Honduras - ESPN

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 20 –  Gambian national Dawda Jeng pled guilty to money laundering, after telling a US confidential source he wanted to procure assault rifles to export to his uncle, a politician in Gambia.

  On January 20, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Victor Marrero held his sentencing. Inner City Press covered it.

  Jeng's lawyer emphasized that it had been a sting operation. Judge Marrero imposed a sentence of 42 months, forfeiture of $2,500.

The case is  US v. Jeng, 19-cr-800 (Marrero) 

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