US bring charges against Syrian chemical lab suppliers

© RIA Novosti

11:09 24/04/2014

MOSCOW, April 24 (RAPSI) - US officials have brought charges against three men allegedly involved in supplies of equipment for chemical laboratories in Syria, Fox News reported late on Thursday citing a statement by the Pennsylvania Prosecutor’s Office.

According to the statement, between 2003 and 2012 US citizen from Pennsylvania Harold Rinko, London-based Ahmad Diri and his brother Moawea Deri from Syria supplied portable scanners used for detecting chemical weapons and other equipment to Syria from the US via other countries. The violators exported the banned goods by falsely labeling the packages and stating false prices and customers.

Apart from illegal deliveries, the alleged smugglers are accused of plotting, fraud, money laundering and false testimonies.

Fox News reports that Rinko has already pled guilty. Diri was arrested in London in March 2013 and is expected to be extradited to the US. Deri is currently at large.