55-year-old Pennsylvania man Ross Roggio was sentenced to 70 years for torturing an Estonian employee and illegally exporting weapons parts to Iraq in 2015.
55-year-old Ross Roggio from Pennsylvania was sentenced to 70 years in prison for torturing an Estonian employee in 2015 and illegally exporting weapons parts to Iraq. Roggio arranged for Kurdish soldiers to abduct and detain the victim at a military compound for 39 days, where he was subjected to physical and mental abuse. Roggio's crimes included exporting weapons parts without approval, smuggling goods, wire fraud, and money laundering. This sentence is the second-ever conviction under the federal torture statute, which was implemented in 1994.
April 16, 2024
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