Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah wave Hezbollah flags as they listen to him via a screen during a rally on the 7th anniversary of the end of Hezbollah's 2006 war with Israel, in Aita al-Shaab village in southern Lebanon, August 16, 2013. (Credit: Ali Hashisho/Reuters)
NEW YORK — A dual Lebanese-Belgian citizen accused by the United States of financing Lebanon's Hezbollah has been extradited from Romania and will face sanctions evasion and money laundering charges on Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court, prosecutors said.
Mohammad Bazzi, who Washington says provided millions of dollars to Hezbollah, was arrested in February on charges of covertly selling real estate he owned in Michigan and transferring the funds abroad, violating US sanctions laws.
Bazzi was extradited on Tuesday and is expected to be arraigned before US Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo at 11 a.m. EST, according to a spokesman for the US Attorney's office in Brooklyn.
The US Treasury Department placed Bazzi, 58, on its sanctions list in 2018 over his alleged ties to Hezbollah, which Washington considers a terrorist organization.
Lawyers for Bazzi did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Prosecutors in Brooklyn last week charged another alleged Hezbollah financier, Nazem Ahmad, with evading U.S. sanctions by exporting hundreds of millions of dollars of diamonds and art.
citizen accused by the United States of financing Lebanon's
Hezbollah has been extradited from Romania and will face
sanctions evasion and money laundering charges on Wednesday in
Brooklyn federal court, prosecutors said.
Mohammad Bazzi, who Washington says provided millions of
dollars to Hezbollah, was arrested in February on...