Auto
dealer pleads guilty to two charges
A Nolensville Road auto dealer has pleaded guilty to illegal financial
transactions arising out of a business relationship he
had with convicted large-scale interstate drug trafficker
Roel Gomez.
Mohsen Ghiassi, former owner of Auto Trend Inc., 5416 Nolensville Road,
pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of failing to notify the IRS of
a cash transaction exceeding $10,000 and one count of structuring financial
transactions with a bank to evade federal reporting requirements, the
U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville reported.
Ghiassi admitted to selling seven vehicles to Gomez during his tenure
as owner of Auto Trend Inc. between 2001 and mid-2003, for which he
was paid about $50,000 cash in money related to drug trafficking, the
federal office said in a news release.
Source: Tennessean.com; Middle Tennessee's #1 Online News Source
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