Financial Crime Financial Crime

Attempt to sell Detroit-area restaurant chain leads to US money laundering, sanctions charges

By Samuel Rubenfeld
  • 24 Feb 2023 23:05
  • 24 Feb 2023 23:30
An effort to sell a Detroit-area restaurant chain and a related food-preparation facility, and to secret the funds back to Lebanon, led to criminal charges against the restaurant’s founder and a man sanctioned by the US for financing terrorist group Hezbollah.
Mohammad Bazzi, who was sanctioned in 2018 over his

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Samuel Rubenfeld

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Samuel Rubenfeld is a reporter covering cases of bribery and corruption and some international trade issues. Prior to joining MLex, he was editor of the Kharon Brief, a news and data analysis platform focused on global security issues, including sanctions and export controls. Earlier in his career, Rubenfeld spent about a decade at The Wall Street Journal, including nearly nine years as a reporter covering corporate risk and compliance concerns such as bribery, money laundering, sanctions, terrorist financing and whistleblowers.

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