Terror Charges Dropped in 2nd Cellphone Case
From Times Wire Reports
Three Arab American men found with nearly 1,000 cellphones were charged with federal fraud conspiracy and money laundering after a county prosecutor dropped terrorism charges filed earlier.
Maruan Muhareb, 18; Adham Othman, 21; and Louai Othman, 23, all of the Dallas area, were charged in Bay City with conspiracy to defraud consumers and telephone providers by trafficking in counterfeit goods. They also were charged with money laundering on suspicion that they used proceeds from the counterfeit cellphone transactions to buy more phones.
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