US charges alleged Hezbollah financier with evading sanctions through art and diamonds
U.S. officials offered a $10 million reward for Nazem Ahmed's capture. The Justice Department on Tuesday charged a Hezbollah financier and eight others with evading sanctions and laundering almost $160 million, in some cases through artwork and diamonds. Prosecutors alleged that Nazem Ahmad continued to acquire high-level artwork and diamonds through U.S. entities and provided access to international financial markets to a terrorist organization. Ahmad was also an associate of high-level members of Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based terrorist group that was designated by the United States as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global Terrorist, the Justice Department said. Hezbollah financier Nazem Ahmad was charged with evading sanctions by the Justice Department for allegedly illegally obtaining artwork. United States Attorney's Office MORE: New York City woman charged with financing terrorist groups in Syria through cryptocurrency He was also sanctioned by the ...