Myanmar citizen convicted of export

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Subject: Re: Myanmar citizen convicted of exporting stolen luxury cars toRussia

I was slow on this one. Someone, anyone, please tell me the point of bringing
this piece of news to attention of the string.
Is it meant to point out that Burmese citizens living abroad are crooks?
I need enlightening!!
And why would I want to email this to a friend?  I just don't get
it!!!!####*****!!!?????
te


> shwenanda@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > Myanmar citizen convicted of exporting stolen luxury cars to Russia
> >      Posted on 10/10/99, 09:42 AM CST. Email this story to a friend.
> >
> >      Source: Naples News.
> >      Posted by: ShweInc NEWs
> >
> >      Associated Press
> >
> >      MIAMI - A Myanmar citizen who owns three local shipping companies was
> > found guilty Friday of exporting to Russia luxury
> >      cars stolen by Polish nationals.
> >
> >      Myat Maung, a Miami resident from the southeast Asian country formerly
> > known as Burma, was convicted in U.S. District Court
> >      of conspiracy to export cars with altered vehicle identification
> > numbers and exporting stolen cars, according to a statement
> >      released by U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Scott.
> >
> >      Maung is president of North American Shipping Company and of
> > Transglobal Shipping Corporation, which does business
> >      under the name Universal Export Services, all Miami-based
> > freight-forwarding firms.
> >
> >      The car theft ring shipped 33 stolen Mercedes-Benzes and sport utility
> > vehicles to Russia, each shipped within days of being
> >      stolen in South Florida, from September through December 1996. From
> > April 1996 through August 1998, Maung's operation
> >      exported more than 70 expensive cars and SUV's, all shipped with
> > forged U.S. Customs clearance stamps, according to Scott's
> >      office.
> >
> >      Investigators estimated the value of the cars stolen at more then $2.3
> > million.
> >
> >      The jury returned with its guilty verdicts after deliberating just
> > more than an hour. The trial last 21/2 weeks.
> >
> >      Maung could get up to ten years in prison and face fines of up to
> > $250,000, along with paying restitution to the stolen vehicles'
> >      owners. No sentencing date was immediately announced.
> >
> >      Days before Maung's trial began, two codefendants - Pole Tadeusz
> > Zarebski, and Miami resident Miguel Torres, owner of
> >      Miami-based C.M.A. Towing Co., both pleaded guilty to conspiracy
> > charges.
> >
> >      In April, two Polish codefendants were sentenced to prison. Chris
> > Muzynski received a 31/2 year sentence while Jacek Sajko got
> >      one year.