Myanmar citizen convicted of export

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Subject: Re: Myanmar citizen convicted of exporting stolen luxury cars to   Russia

why did the poles get off so lightly. Damn! I hate it when my car gets
towed! Ever get a parking ticket in L.A.? This here is enough to make
you scream!


shwenanda@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Myanmar citizen convicted of exporting stolen luxury cars to Russia
>      Posted on 10/10/99, 09:42 AM CST. Email this story to a friend.
> 
>      Source: Naples News.
>      Posted by: ShweInc NEWs
> 
>      Associated Press
> 
>      MIAMI - A Myanmar citizen who owns three local shipping companies was
> found guilty Friday of exporting to Russia luxury
>      cars stolen by Polish nationals.
> 
>      Myat Maung, a Miami resident from the southeast Asian country formerly
> known as Burma, was convicted in U.S. District Court
>      of conspiracy to export cars with altered vehicle identification
> numbers and exporting stolen cars, according to a statement
>      released by U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Scott.
> 
>      Maung is president of North American Shipping Company and of
> Transglobal Shipping Corporation, which does business
>      under the name Universal Export Services, all Miami-based
> freight-forwarding firms.
> 
>      The car theft ring shipped 33 stolen Mercedes-Benzes and sport utility
> vehicles to Russia, each shipped within days of being
>      stolen in South Florida, from September through December 1996. From
> April 1996 through August 1998, Maung's operation
>      exported more than 70 expensive cars and SUV's, all shipped with
> forged U.S. Customs clearance stamps, according to Scott's
>      office.
> 
>      Investigators estimated the value of the cars stolen at more then $2.3
> million.
> 
>      The jury returned with its guilty verdicts after deliberating just
> more than an hour. The trial last 21/2 weeks.
> 
>      Maung could get up to ten years in prison and face fines of up to
> $250,000, along with paying restitution to the stolen vehicles'
>      owners. No sentencing date was immediately announced.
> 
>      Days before Maung's trial began, two codefendants - Pole Tadeusz
> Zarebski, and Miami resident Miguel Torres, owner of
>      Miami-based C.M.A. Towing Co., both pleaded guilty to conspiracy
> charges.
> 
>      In April, two Polish codefendants were sentenced to prison. Chris
> Muzynski received a 31/2 year sentence while Jacek Sajko got
>      one year.