A Connecticut man pleaded guilty in federal court in Springfield on Monday in connection with a scheme to get millions of dollars in bank loans and money for projects he claimed to be pursuing in Saudi Arabia, federal authorities said.
Hanibal Tayeh, 63, of Thomaston, Conn., pleaded guilty to a superseding indictment — a new indictment that replaces the original due to a legal defect or grand jury irregularity — with two counts of bank fraud, four counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering and one count of making a false bankruptcy declaration, Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy said in a statement.
He will be sentenced on Dec. 19, 2024, Levy added. Tayeh was originally charged and arrested in July 2018.
