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Viktor Bout Fate Now in the Hands of the Jury

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Tue Nov 01, 2011 at 10:32:16 PM EST
Tags: Viktor Bout, Richard Chichakli (all tags)
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The jury in the Viktor Bout case is deliberating (background here.) Here's a good summary of the closing arguments.

What happens if Bout is acquitted? The U.S. may have a backup plan. There's another pending indictment filed in February, 2010 pending against him and his former business associate Richard Chichakli in New York, for money laundering, wire fraud and conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA") by attempting to purchase two airplanes in the U.S. after the U.N. and OFAC imposed blocking sanctions. The Indictment is here. [More....]

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