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New York doctor found guilty of sending funds to Iraq
 An upstate New York doctor was found guilty on Thursday of illegally sending millions of dollars to Iraq, in violation of US sanctions, authorities said. Rafil Dhafir was convicted of 59 out of 60 charges ranging from conspiracy to money laundering to Medicare fraud after a 15-week federal trial in Syracuse, N.Y., prosecutors said. Dhafir, an oncologist, used an unregistered charity named "Help the Needy" to solicit some $4 million in contributions in the United States and then launder much of it to Iraq through bank accounts in Jordan, prosecutors said. Prosecutors said he began sending money to Iraq in 1994, in violation of executive orders and Treasury Department regulations in place since 1990. Dhafir, who will be sentenced in June, could be sentenced to more than 500 years in prison, prosecutors said. Posted by: Fred 2005-02-12 |
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