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Jump to full article: (Long Island, NY) Newsday, 2003-11-12
Intro: Two women from the Seneca Nation of Indians' Cattaraugus reservation face prison terms at sentencing next month for their roles in a cigarette-smuggling ring.
One co-defendant admitted sending part of his profits to Hezbollah, the Islamic militant group blamed for the 1983 suicide bombing that killed 241 U.S. Marines and sailors in Beirut, Lebanon.
Carole Thompson Gordon, 58, was accused of heading the New York-based operations of the Cattaraugus group. She hired others from the reservation to drive vans loaded with untaxed cigarettes to Michigan for resale at convenience stores, federal agents said.
At sentencing Dec. 11 in federal court in Detroit, Gordon faces 33 months in prison after admitting her role in the conspiracy, prosecutors told The Buffalo News. Brady Jo Bowman, 24, who is Gordon's granddaughter, is facing 18 months.
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orphans of martyrs program
Hassan Moussa Makki has admitted sending more than $2,000 of his cigarettte-smuggling profits to Hezbollah, for the above program.
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