LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — Two Lexington brothers were sentenced on Monday and ordered to pay over $3.2 million for their roles in a money laundering conspiracy.
Hussein Qasim, 34, and Ibrahim Qasim, 29, were sentenced to 57 months and 45 months, respectively, after their plea agreements showed they would sell luxury cars to car dealerships and not deliver the vehicles.
Their plea agreements showed that, between June 2022 and December 2023, the Qasims and their co-conspirators laundered more than $6 million from at least seven different luxury car dealerships nationwide.
The Department of Justice revealed that the Qasims would have payments sent to bank accounts opened by the two of them and the money was collected through a labyrinth of transfers and other payments.