DETROIT - A group of Detroit-area men opened bank accounts to move millions of dollars to Yemen, their war-torn native country. One by one, U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn declined to send them to prison, despite guidelines that call for a few years or more behind bars. “Only people without compassion” would object to the light sentences, the 95-year-old judge told The Associated Press. All nine men have pleaded guilty to failing to register money transfer businesses or making false statements to agents. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...It’s unfair to “shed the traditions and practices of your homeland,” Cohn told Hazem Saleh, who possibly faced five years in custody for handling $22.6 million.

Source: thestar October 20, 2019 15:22 UTC