A Pennsylvania man is accused of torturing an employee in Iraq after the worker raised concerns about a project to produce weapons parts in that country, federal prosecutors said. Under a superseding indictment returned Tuesday, federal authorities accused Ross Roggio, 53, of Stroudsburg, with suffocating the victim with a belt,
Ross Roggio, 53, directed and participated in the torture over the course of 39 days, according to a new release from U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus of the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
A Stroudsburg man has been charged with torturing a victim in Iraq, and for illegally exporting weapons parts to Iraq.
Ross Roggio, 53, was arrested Thursday on charges alleging that he tortured a vic.
Ross Roggio allegedly arranged for Kurdish soldiers to abduct the employee and detain the worker at a Kurdish military compound for approximately 39 days while.