The Region - News from April 8, 1985

Two Iranian brothers were sentenced to prison for violating U.S. currency reporting laws by having a Beverly Hills banker deposit more than $450,000 for them without reporting the transactions to government agencies. Ali Mohases, 34, and his brother, Mohamad, 29, received prison terms of five and two years respectively from U.S. District Judge Richard A. Gadbois Jr. Geoffrey Leiner, a Commercial Bank loan officer, turned government witness after admitting his role in making the deposits. Federal investigators alleged that the bank deposits were part of a “money laundering” scheme connected with drug sales. But Gadbois ruled the government presented insufficient evidence to prove that.