From: wolda002@umn.edu
Date: Tue Oct 27 2009 - 17:27:58 EST
http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2009/10/lobbyist-indicted-for-ties-to-sudan.html
Lobbyist Indicted for Ties to Sudan
Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment against a Washington, D.C.
lobbyist today for allegedly violating sanctions against the government of
Sudan.
According to the Justice Department, Robert Cabelly, a former state
department official and managing director of C/R International, did work
for the Sudanese without permission from the U.S. government. The firm
allegedly brokered business contracts for the country, and gave it
“sensitive” U.S. government information.
The Justice Department says Cabelly was also involved with the Sudanese oil
industry, and was being paid by both the country’s government and by a
foreign oil company. He allegedly directed the company to deposit a
$180,000 payment in an offshore account in the Cook Islands in an attempt
to launder the funds.
He is facing eight counts including charges of violating sanctions
regulations, money laundering, passport fraud and making false statements.
“The conduct alleged in this indictment is broad in scope and very
serious,” said David Kris, assistant attorney general for national
security, in a statement.
In 2005, The Washington Post reported that Cabelly’s firm had a $530,000
a year contract to lobby for Sudan.
Posted by Jordan Weissmann on October 27, 2009 at 01:55 PM in Crime and
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