El Presidente Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 U.S. Lawyer Accused for Travelling to Cuba Escrito por Ana Luisa Brown lunes, 05 de diciembre de 2011 05 de diciembre de 2011, 15:26 Washington, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) A U.S. lawyer and his client were accused of violating Washington's long-standing blockade for traveling to Cuba, according to the website capitolhill.com. Lawyer Marc Verzani, 45, of Claremont Road, Scarsdale, was accused of spending money during his stay in Cuba, and his client, Adem Arici, 49, of Brooklyn, was charged with allegedly having invested millions of dollars in Cuban real estate, according to a communiqué from the Prosecutor's Office for the New York South District. The seven-page file says they were accused of violating the Trading with the Enemy Act. Arici spent money in food, drinks, transportation, entertainment and personal services during his stay in Cuba, the text adds, while Verzani is facing charges of false testimony in a civil trial for denying his trip to Cuba. Verzani and Arici were arrested on December 1. Arici was denied bail, but Verzani, who traveled to Cuba on September 8 via Cancun, Mexico, and stayed there for five days, was released after paying one million dollars in bail. sus/jg/abo/rc/lb Modificado el ( lunes, 05 de diciembre de 2011 )
sg1234 Posted December 6, 2011 Posted December 6, 2011 This is being discussed on a travel forum where it has been noted that Arici has been under federal surveillance for a while now. He is accused of being involved in money laundering and other rackets aside from traveling to Cuba illegally and investing money there. It appears that violating the Trading with the Enemy Act is only a part of a list of charges being brought against the defendant.
rfenst Posted December 6, 2011 Posted December 6, 2011 Going to Cuba to conduct illegal business puts this all into a different category than a U.S. citizen simply vacationing there. Presuming the client is a U.S. citizen, he will be in greater trouble for perjury (lying under oath) than he would be for traveling to Cuba on any one-time, non-business basis. He must have made a bunch of trips. If he is investing there, he is "toast". Whatever he owns there will be confiscated by the U.S. government and he will get prison time. Unless the lawyer used his credit card(s) or admitted to spending money in Cuba, the only other way to prove it (other than indirectly) would be by way of eye-witness testimony. Aside from criminal punishment, the lawyer will be suspended from the practice of law or disbarred. Sure hope it was worth it!
rfenst Posted December 6, 2011 Posted December 6, 2011 He lives 15 minutes from me. Why not go over to his office or home or give him a neighborly call to find out what really went down? lol.
ckay Posted December 6, 2011 Posted December 6, 2011 Why not go over to his office or home or give him a neighborly call to find out what really went down? lol. He said he won't talk without his lawyer present.
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