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The FBI claims he sold luxury cars to dealerships through an online scheme, but never came up with the cars. Instead, money was redirected into the casino, and funds were later cashed out in casino credits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Beyond that, the FBI claims money was deposited by a player at the casino for future gambling.\u00a0Shalash later fled the US after withdrawing some $500,000 in cashier\u2019s checks from an account, the FBI claims.<\/p>\n
Suspect Living in Morocco<\/h2>\n
He was last known to be living in Morocco. Feds issued a warrant for Shalash\u2019s arrest in September. Shalash is wanted for wire fraud and laundering of monetary instruments. He was identified by the FBI as a dual citizen of Jordan and the Palestinian territory in Israel.<\/p>\n
A woman described by the FBI as his new wife allegedly used some of the ill-gotten money to purchase luxury goods. She was identified as Abir Mulawwah of Houston.<\/p>\n
Mulawwah allegedly opened a safe deposit box at PNC Bank in Houston. It held Shalash\u2019s illicit cash, Feds claim. She arrived in Houston on Nov. 19 to apparently pick up the money.<\/p>\n
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On Nov. 23, FBI agents found some $300,000 in the safe deposit box. After that discovery, Mulawwah was apprehended at Houston\u2019s George Bush International Airport. She was charged with conspiracy to defraud the government, making false statements, and laundering of money instruments, the Enquirer<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A North Carolina man who was permitted to get medical treatment last year before reporting to federal prison wound up in Las Vegas. There he allegedly cashed out up to $92,000 at casinos and also visited Hawaii. He was not supposed to travel. Shawn Allen Farmer, 53, of Greenville, recently was ordered to prison. US […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":202929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81881],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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