'Soldier of forex' jailed in bizarre kidnapping plot

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'Soldier of forex' jailed in bizarre kidnapping plot

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Sunday, 02 May 2010 12:17

The son of Francisco Arias t is not really a secret agent to participate in special operations with the U.S. military, as he claimed. But the currency trader Nashville, the former still seemed to fancy himself a strong man.

Arias (42 years) is facing federal charges of hostage taking for ransom after his arrest earlier this month ended a week of physical and psychological suffering of the immigrant Russian Arias and another man accused of identity theft. Jailed without support, Arias faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

He added that the location of the Arias was not clear since NashvillePost.com reported on 7 December that 22 investors from across the country have filed suit against him in Davidson County Circuit Court.

They claim that Arias posing as foreign exchange high-flying (or "FX") dealer to part them from their money, but his performance was just an investment, such as false commando missions he carried out from time to time. Documents from the case of bankruptcy, which a judge ruled that he did not participate in the fraud, and notes to investors, lost about 3.5 million dollars among them.

Melissa Doney Arias from Nashville said earlier this week that the man who was arrested in Florida and her husband were separated. "I'm glad he is finally behind bars," she said. "I can now serve at the end of the day with his divorce papers."

Said Melissa Arias and local agents from the FBI and told her that it helps officials in Florida to investigate the financial transactions of Cisco Arias. Think criminal charges are still likely more. "We have suffered a lot of people in Nashville and elsewhere," she added.

The testimony of one FBI agent, and filed with the Federal Court in Miami and available at this link, tells in detail the living how Arias and accused Richard Anastasi, a former detective Miami Beach, kidnapped a man unnamed Russian after midnight on March 11, punched him and said, "It may cause trouble for people wrong."

Yet just as difficult for the man into their car and says an agent, peace and Anastase knife to Arias, who was in the back seat with the victim. He then claimed that, "Arias said to cut off the testicles victim." Arias stopped short of follow-up to this threat, but did not use the knife to rip clothes men.

Later, Arias allegedly training semi-automatic rifle with laser sight on the Russian and forced him to his knees. "Arias advised the victim that he was going to kill the victim, and fertilizer use him," and stresses the certificate.

After the man begged for his life and the kidnappers promised to give him money, and allow him to appeal Arias and his mother in Russia, and ask her to wire him money. Arias then flew between him and the Western Union to obtain the demanded $ 1000 a bank transfer - a token of the Arias 100,000 dollars from a man - before being transferred back to his apartment after dawn, and let him go, with orders to meet at a streetcorner 1 after a few hours.

Not surprisingly, a man who fell asleep after the ordeal throughout the night and sleeps his last date fixed for the meeting. Later that day, the defendants allegedly went to his place of work, and threatened others.

Then, on March 15, and was said to have appeared in his apartment with guns and badges, and wear uniforms of police officers. They come in and seized various items of property, and report says, and stifle the Russian Arias twice to the point that he lost consciousness. Men then forced him in the car again.

"Once in the car, put Arias gloves and began hitting the victim," FBI agent in the States. "Produced Arias pliers and bring them to the victim's mouth, and he said that each tooth was extracted, and said it would reduce the amount of money owed by 50 dollars." Arias was shocked with electric as well as men, while they were in the car.

Yet promised to the man again to get money to Arias and Anastasi, allowed him to once again return to their homes. This time, he asked a friend to contact law enforcement.

When Anastasi Arias called on the Russian the next three days to arrange for him to hand over money, and police listen. At 16:00 on March 18, when the suspects appeared in the corner of Route 14 and Collins Street. In fashionable South Beach to meet planned, and authorities there in force to arrest them.

Been found in every suburb of Chevy's "black wireless laptop, duct tape, binoculars, bags and duffel multiple, 'flexible' handcuffs, a laptop computer, a shotgun and semi-automatic rifle and a pistol," according to the affidavit.

After Arias advised of his right to remain silent, says the affidavit, told police that Anastasi was the victim of identity theft, credit card fraud. "He admitted to working with Anastase for the purpose of intimidating the victim, and make all Anastasi," the document states.

"And acknowledged some of the physical violence, but denied any use of a firearm by himself, and admitted using a power to intimidate the victim, and denied the use of fear and intimidation to force the victim to get the money, however, it recognizes the leadership of the victim on the night for all Western Union over the 50 miles from the headquarters of the victim to withdraw $ 1,000 at 5:47 after the victim and called his mother in Russia. "

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