In a joint statement, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Audrey Strauss, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the FBI William F. Sweeney Jr., and Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Export Enforcement (DOC-OEE) Jonathan Carson announced that Rose was arrested Tuesday and will be presented later in the day in Manhattan federal court.
“As alleged, Michael Rose participated in a years-long scheme to violate our sanctions by surreptitiously exporting cosmetics to Iran via front company intermediaries in the Middle East, Strauss said in a statement.
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Feds: CT man smuggled his company s cosmetics into Iran
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RIDGEFIELD A local man has been accused of participating in a years-long scheme to smuggle cosmetics in Iran while he served as president of a New York company, according to federal prosecutors.
Michael Rose, 50, of Ridgefield, was charged by an indictment Tuesday with conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, conspiring to launder money and conspiring to commit bank fraud. If convicted, the first and second offenses each carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and the third carries a maximum 30-year term.
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