MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. A purported Hezbollah associate arrived at Miami-Dade County on Friday afternoon after Cyprus agreed to turn him over to U.S. authorities to face money laundering charges in Miami-Dade County.
Ammar was arrested in California and extradited to Miami-Dade County in 2016.
And in 2018, he was convicted of one count of money laundering in excess of $100,000 and one count of conspiracy to commit laundering in excess of $100,000.
Diab is facing two counts of money laundering in excess of $100,000, two counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering in excess of $100,000, two counts of operating an unlicensed money transmitter in excess of $100,000, and two counts of unlawful use of a two-way communications device.
Aside from the DEA, the Miami-Dade State Attorneys Office Extradition Unit and the South Florida Financial Crimes Strike Force, the Department of Justice Office of International Affairs, the U.S. State Department, the Office of the U.S.