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Lebanese Businessman Tied by Treasury Department to Hezbollah Sentenced to Prison for Money Laundering Scheme Involving Evasion of U. Sanctions
" Kassim Tajideen, 63, had previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/leb…

...in furtherance of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). In 2009, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Tajideen as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist based on his tens of millions of dollars of financial support of Hezbollah."

"According to the statement of facts signed by Tajideen in conjunction with his plea, after his designation, Tajideen conspired with at least five other persons to conduct over $50 million in transactions with U.S. businesses that violated these prohibitions. In addition,

...Tajideen and his co-conspirators knowingly engaged in transactions outside of the United States, which involved transmissions of as much as $1 billion through the United States financial system from places outside the United States."

"Tajideen’s case falls under DEA’s Project Cassandra, which targets Hezbollah’s global criminal support network, which operates as a logistics, procurement and financing arm for Hezbollah. This investigation and others are part of the Department of Justice’s Hezbollah Financing

...and Narcoterrorism Team (HFNT). The HFNT was formed in January 2018 to ensure an aggressive and coordinated approach to prosecutions and investigations, including Project Cassandra cases, targeting the individuals and networks supporting Hezbollah."

Transnational✅
Organized✅
Crime✅
This is Kassim's son, Mohamed Tajideen, profile from @OCCRP.
occrp.org/en/goldensands…

@OCCRP "According to Belgian media, the Belgian State Security Service has investigated Kassim’s Antwerp-based company, Soafrimex, for allegedly raising funds for the Arab European League, a Belgian-Dutch political movement with an Islamist agenda. A subsequent investigation led to the

arrests of both Kassim and his wife Huda Saad in 2003.
An Antwerp judge sentenced the couple in 2008 to two years in prison for fraud and tax evasion of over 20 million euros ($29.4 million), though they were acquitted of funding terrorism, being part of a criminal organization,

and DIAMON SMUGGLING.
The couple’s son, Mohamed Tajideen — the man whose name appears in a leaked database of property and residency data compiled by real estate professionals obtained by C4ADS and shared with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project — is not himself

accused of any Hezbollah connections.
According to his LinkedIn profile, he worked in Angola, where his father moved the family in the early 90s. The profile also lists Mohamed as founder/CEO of Dubai-based Murex Real Estate, & shows property holdings in Africa, Beirut & Dubai."

If you want some seriously vomitrocious PR spin, his lawyers have you covered with today's press release:
prnewswire.com/news-releases/…