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Lebanese firm, Brescia Middle East’s connection to the alleged million-dollar contracts scam

Fraud contractors and businessmen of Lebanon are abusing millions of dollars which are causing the US army to lose a battle against terrorism. The corrupt Lebanese contractor, Tony Abi Saab is on the urge to destroy peace due to his greed for money. He is selling weapons to the terrorist group in Syria, Afghanistan, and Iran to make his profit.

Tony Abi Saab’s company Brescia Middle East (BME) supplies arms and ammunition to the rebel groups. Dinorah Cobos a.k.a Sarah Lee, a US national and is born in Honduras was working with Tony against the US interests. Both of them were fueling violence in Syria and Iran, hence, supporting the war in the Middle East.

Dinorah Cobos has also worked for numerous ghost companies of Tony like K5 Global and Bennet-Fouch. Tony used his Lebanese banker friend to open fake bank accounts in Kaslick branch for money laundering purpose and wire it to the bank accounts of his business partners. Tony has been selling illegal weapons to both sides of the Syrian war.

Tony swindled 5 million dollars of the US Army in the false contract in Afghanistan. The activity was closely monitored by the US agencies that saw money being diverted to shell companies. Just to put Tony and his partners behind the bars, a sting operation was planned in Afghanistan and led by FBI which was further supported by the CIA and the US Army.

Fraudsters, Dinorah Cobos and Tony, were caught red-handed with supporting documents along and money. But, due to a technicality in the circuit court, Tony got away from the jail term. Dinorah Cobos, on the other hand, got 2 years of imprisonment. Though BME was found guilty of doing fraud and was banned in the US for doing business. Tony is still running his shady business through his shell companies for taking orders and supplying weapons to the active terrorist groups in Syria, Afghanistan, and Iran. The UN requires monitoring of arms exports and ensuring that the weapons sale don't break existing arms embargoes, or end up being used for human-rights abuses.

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Businessman Tony Abi Saab has a valid trade license despite being accused of war crimes.

Lebanon-native, Tony Abi Saab is an illegal businessman who has established his arms and weaponry company Brescia Middle East in Lebanon. His company BME was accused of bribery, fraud, and money laundering in 2011. Despite being banned in the United States, Tony and his company are still active in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.

BME imports most of its weapons from Italian firms—Beretta and Tanfoglio to Lebanon to later distribute among his shell companies. The fake company Tony has created runs in a complicated mechanism. Some highlighted ghost companies of Tony are: Brixia, K5 Global, G2Armory, SIMAINT, and Tactica Ltd. All these companies are located in different countries of the Middle East and were sub-contracted under BME. Brixia produced spare parts for weapons and smuggled in conflict countries for reassembly and sale. These companies sold weapons to rebel groups active in Syria and Iran.

BME along with other shell companies of Tony was indicted for defrauding the US Army for $5 million and illegal sale of weapons. Tony was brought to the US court to stand the trial in 2011 but sadly due to a technicality in the circuit court and loopholes in the justice system, he didn't get a conviction.

The problem is even after so many years Tony is not stopping his illegal trades and continues to run shell companies, but this time with utmost care to avoid being caught by the US military. He is planning to expand his criminal trades to Europe and other peaceful countries of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Tony is shifting his criminal trades from the Middle Eastern countries to the European countries. For long they have been eyeing Europe for establishing their shell companies to continue their gunrunning trade with ease.