London: Indian citizen Sundar Nagarajan Arrested in London following an extradition request from the US, where he faces charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States and defying US sanctions related to terrorism for benefiting one of Hezbollah’s alleged top financiers includes including, Nazim Sayeed Ahmed,
Nagarajan (65) was arrested on Tuesday in west London by officers from the Met’s National Extradition Unit acting on an international arrest warrant. same court next tuesday
According to the US government, Hezbollah uses Ahmed and his companies to launder a substantial amount of money bound for a “terrorist group” and that Ahmed has personally provided funds to Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah and was formerly based in Belgium. Had run a business that benefited Hezbollah.
US officials say Ahmed lives in Lebanon and launders money through fine art and generates money for the terrorist group through the “blood diamond trade”. He has an extensive art collection worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including works by Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol.
Nagarajan, also known as Nagarajan Sundara Poongulam Kasivivanathan Naga and Nagarajan Nagarajan of Sundar Poongulam, lives in Hayes and was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu,
Eight co-defendants, including Ahmed and Nagarajan, were indicted in US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Tuesday for conspiracy to defraud US and foreign governments, evade US sanctions and customs laws, and supply goods and services for the benefit of Ahmed. secure money-laundering transactions, was designated by the US as a “Specially Designated Terrorist” in December 2019 for financing Hezbollah. Ahmed, a Lebanese and dual Belgian-Lebanese citizen who was born in Sierra Leone, is still on the run. The US State Department for Justice is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to Ahmed’s arrest.
On Tuesday, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) also announced sanctions against more than 50 individuals and associated companies, including Nagarajan, for allegedly assisting Ahmed in evading US sanctions and money-laundering. involved in the evasion network. By facilitating payment, shipment and delivery of cash, diamonds, art and luxury goods for the benefit of Ahmed,
Nagarajan was designated for “materially assisting, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, or technical support, or goods or services for or in support of”. Najam Ahmed,
The US Treasury Department said that Nagarajan “acted as Ahmed’s primary international accountant, providing material support through accounting and management of businesses in Ahmed’s network.” “Sundar Nagarajan was the central manager of financial ledgers detailing the network’s operations in Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa. Sundar Nagarajan also facilitated the payment and shipment of the art, which was purchased by Nazeem Said Ahmed from leading auction houses and galleries,” it said.
Nagarajan (65) was arrested on Tuesday in west London by officers from the Met’s National Extradition Unit acting on an international arrest warrant. same court next tuesday
According to the US government, Hezbollah uses Ahmed and his companies to launder a substantial amount of money bound for a “terrorist group” and that Ahmed has personally provided funds to Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah and was formerly based in Belgium. Had run a business that benefited Hezbollah.
US officials say Ahmed lives in Lebanon and launders money through fine art and generates money for the terrorist group through the “blood diamond trade”. He has an extensive art collection worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including works by Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol.
Nagarajan, also known as Nagarajan Sundara Poongulam Kasivivanathan Naga and Nagarajan Nagarajan of Sundar Poongulam, lives in Hayes and was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu,
Eight co-defendants, including Ahmed and Nagarajan, were indicted in US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Tuesday for conspiracy to defraud US and foreign governments, evade US sanctions and customs laws, and supply goods and services for the benefit of Ahmed. secure money-laundering transactions, was designated by the US as a “Specially Designated Terrorist” in December 2019 for financing Hezbollah. Ahmed, a Lebanese and dual Belgian-Lebanese citizen who was born in Sierra Leone, is still on the run. The US State Department for Justice is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to Ahmed’s arrest.
On Tuesday, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) also announced sanctions against more than 50 individuals and associated companies, including Nagarajan, for allegedly assisting Ahmed in evading US sanctions and money-laundering. involved in the evasion network. By facilitating payment, shipment and delivery of cash, diamonds, art and luxury goods for the benefit of Ahmed,
Nagarajan was designated for “materially assisting, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, or technical support, or goods or services for or in support of”. Najam Ahmed,
The US Treasury Department said that Nagarajan “acted as Ahmed’s primary international accountant, providing material support through accounting and management of businesses in Ahmed’s network.” “Sundar Nagarajan was the central manager of financial ledgers detailing the network’s operations in Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa. Sundar Nagarajan also facilitated the payment and shipment of the art, which was purchased by Nazeem Said Ahmed from leading auction houses and galleries,” it said.