Investigations

 

Israeli Owner of Van Line Fined $1.5 Million, Ordered to 5 1/2 Years in Prison

April 12, 2000
 
 

Summary

Yaron Tishby, president and owner of All American Van Lines of Pembroke Park, FL, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Miami to 5 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution. He was ordered to report to the Immigration and Naturalization Service for deportation hearings following his sentence. Tishby pleaded guilty to violating Federal transportation-tariff laws, hiring illegal aliens, and illegally possessing a firearm. Tishby induced customers with low estimates and then grossly inflated costs of moves after customers’ household goods were in the company’s possession.

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