As in criminal sentences. For weapons related charges. By the Department of Justice.
The first man here mailed parts to ten rifles to another country. He received 24 months in Federal Prison as his sentence.
MINNEAPOLIS—Yesterday in federal court in St. Paul, a 30-year-old Minneapolis manwas sentenced for smuggling AK-47 components to Paraguay. United States District Court Judge Richard H. Kyle sentenced Fabian Patricio Lojano-Lojano to 24 months in prison on one count of smuggling goods from the U.S. Lojano-Lojano was charged on October 12, 2011, and pleaded guilty on October 27, 2011.
In his plea agreement, Lojano-Lojano admitted that on June 23, 2010, he dropped off a package at a United Parcel Service (“UPS”) station in Minneapolis. Lojano-Lojano said the package contained T-shirts, but in actually it contained parts for AK-47 rifles. On July 1, 2010, UPS received additional packages from Lojano-Lojano. The destination addresses on those packages were the same as the previous package, in Paraguay, although, in this instance, Lojano-Lojano used a false name and return address on the packages. These packages also contained parts for six AK-47 rifles. In all, Lojano-Lojano admitted sending packages to the same individuals in Paraguay on 46 prior occasions between September of 2009 and June of 2010. At least ten firearms were ultimately provided to the addressee in Paraguay through this process. On May 18, 2011, authorities executed a search warrant at Lojano-Lojano’s residence and seized two boxes containing M4 and AK-47 parts and accessories.
These men falsified records. Purchased dangerous weapons illegally. Modified existing weapons without permit or notification. And gave weaponry to a foreign power. Sentence: Four months house arrest.
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The case stems in part from a raid conducted by federal agents at the company's Moyock headquarters in 2008 that seized 22 weapons, including 17 AK-47s. An indictment alleged that the company used the Camden County Sheriff's Office to pose as the purchaser of dozens of automatic weapons.
The indictment also alleged that Blackwater purchased 227 short barrels and installed them on long rifles without registering them and that company officials presented the king of Jordan with five guns as gifts in hopes of landing a lucrative overseas contract and then falsified federal documents once they realized they were unable to account for the weapons.
Gary Jackson and William Matthews, the former president and executive vice president of the company and both Navy Seals, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count each of failure to keep records on firearms. They were sentenced to four months of house arrest, three years on probation and fined $5,000.
Blackwater.
Yes, having political connections is even better than Master Card.