2021 · Eastern District of Virginia · 1:21-cr-112, 1:21-cr-113

Racha Farhat and 1 Co-defendant

Latest release: Dual Lebanese-U.S. Citizen Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering and Tax Offenses

The Case's Tie to Hezbollah, in the Government's Words

“For over a decade, Racha Farhat participated in a conspiracy to purchase electronics equipment using the proceeds of illegal activity, which benefited a Lebanese television station owned by Hizballah”

Defendants and Outcomes

• Racha Farhat Pleaded guilty as of May 10, 2021

  “A dual Lebanese and U.S. citizen who resides in Vienna, Virginia pleaded guilty today to participating in a conspiracy to launder money as part of a decade-long scheme to ship electronics equipment to a Hizballah-owned television station in Lebanon.”

  U.S. Department of Justice, Dual Lebanese-U.S. Citizen Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering and Tax Offenses, press release, May 10, 2021, para. 2, justice.gov.

• 1 co-defendant is charged in the same case. The release does not tie this person to Hezbollah by name, so the name is not shown here.

Exhibits

1. Exhibit 1

   U.S. Department of Justice, Dual Lebanese-U.S. Citizen Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering and Tax Offenses, press release, May 10, 2021, justice.gov.

   Fetched Oct. 20, 2026.

   Summary The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced that Racha Farhat pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder money and that Farhat and her husband, [co-defendant], pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States in the collection of income taxes. The announcement followed U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema’s acceptance of the pleas, with both defendants scheduled for sentencing on September 21.