Belgian Arms Dealer Will Plead Not Guilty

Alabama Mobile Jacques Monsieur is accused of wiring $110000 to a bank in Mobile in order to buy fighter jet parts that he would sell to Iran. Such deals aren't allowed without federal approval under the U.S. trade embargo on Iran.
by The Associated Press
Published: Thu, September 03, 2009 - 1:07 pm CST
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A defense lawyer says a Belgian arms dealer
jailed in Alabama and accused of trying to funnel fighter jet parts
to Iran will plead innocent to the charges.
Attorney Arthur J. Madden III said Thursday his client, Jacques
Monsieur, will enter the plea during a hearing next week in Mobile.
The Justice Department accused Monsieur and an Iranian man of
conspiring to buy engines and parts for the F-5 fighter jet and
send them to Iran. Such deals aren't allowed without federal
approval under the U.S. trade embargo on Iran.
The charges were filed in Alabama because Monsieur and the other
man allegedly wired about $110,000 from a bank in the United Arab
Emirates to a financial institution in Mobile for airplane parts.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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