U.S. Arrests Merchant on International Bank Fraud and Money Laundering Charges

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Tuesday, February 1, 2000
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
16
Issue: 
2
Abstract: 
On December 22, 1999, agents of the Internal Revenue Service and Customs arrested Sarkis Soghanalian, a 70-year-old national of Lebanon, in Miami under a year-old indictment that was unsealed in Los Angeles on December 28, 1999, charging him with bank fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion.