Justice Dept.: Foreign National Convicted of Racketeering and Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
November 17, 2023
November 17, 2023
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release:
A federal jury in Beaumont, Texas, convicted a Romanian national today for plotting to traffic hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from the United States in a scheme that also included money laundering, arms trafficking, and an attempt to assassinate rival gang members.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Marius Lazar, 50, of Bucharest, Romania, was a "fo . . .
A federal jury in Beaumont, Texas, convicted a Romanian national today for plotting to traffic hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from the United States in a scheme that also included money laundering, arms trafficking, and an attempt to assassinate rival gang members.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Marius Lazar, 50, of Bucharest, Romania, was a "fo . . .