A Texas lawyer has been convicted of corruption for scamming roughly $1.5 million from international drug traffickers whom authorities say turned him to the FBI. Jamie Balagia, 62, was found guilty Tuesday of conspiracy to commit money laundering, obstruction of justice and wire fraud. https://twitter.com/FBI/status/1189570512449658883 The jury deliberated for about a day and a half following the two-week trial in the Eastern District of Texas in Sherman before U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant. The jury also found Balagia guilty of attempted violation of the Kingpin Act for accepting money from men people the feds designated as significant drug traffickers without official go...
Keep on reading: Texas Attorney Convicted of Scamming Drug Traffickers
from INQUIRER.net https://ift.tt/2Nt78Uu
add
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Motorcyclist dead in Lucena collision
LUCENA CITY ---- A motorcyclist running against a one-way street died after he collided with another motorcycle in Lucena City early Friday....
-
MANILA, Philippines -- Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Oscar Albayalde on Monday stressed that police officers assigned at ...
-
LEGAZPI CITY ---- Hundreds of activists, farmers, students and women in Bicol will join the protest action in Luneta Park commemorating the ...
-
QUITO, Ecuador -- Scientists in the Galapagos Islands have attached tracers to five blue sharks for the first time as part of a project to s...
No comments:
Post a Comment