Terrorism Fight Leads To Brooklyn Ice Cream Store
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The agents arrested a Yemeni proprietor who lived three floors above. Based on a tip, they had learned a suspiciously large amount of money -- $20 million -- passed through his tiny business's bank accounts between 1997 and early 2003.
Last month, the defendant, Abad Elfgeeh, pleaded guilty in a proceeding that escaped notice, perhaps because the illegal money-transfer charge never mentioned terrorism.
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