3 Plead Guilty to Failing to Declare Cars to Be Sold in US

Ahmad Sami, Caesar Sami and Rania Alkanj, all of Corona, California, pleaded guilty July 28 to failing to assist customs officers, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York said. The trio drove or attempted to drive multiple vehicles into the U.S. without declaring that the vehicles were intended to be sold there. The three owe the U.S. $20,681.09, $15,735.99 and $965.71, respectively. Each defendant attempted to drive several cars across different points of entry in the U.S., including the Blue Water Bridge Port of Entry in Port Huron, Michigan, and the Lewiston Bridge Point of Entry in New York.