US prosecutors on Tuesday accused 10 people of
having supported the Shiite militant group Hezbollah with weapons,fake
passports, counterfeit money, stolen laptops and game consoles
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Harb told the undercover agent that the genuine
stolen money came from a string of robberies led by Hezbollah
supporters and later smuggled into Lebanon to raise funds for the group.
He also claimed that “Iran manufactured high-quality counterfeit US currency for the benefit of Hezbollah,” the indictment said.
Hamdan
and three others — two Americans and a Venezuelan — were charged with
having spearheaded the trafficking of over 1,500 cellphones, nearly 150
laptop computers, 400 Sony PlayStation 2 systems and three cars
starting around late 2007.
