Federal Money Laundering Suspects To Be Sent Home Until Trial

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Mohamed and Ahmad Mobarak will soon be heading home and back to work at a spot where they were arrested from a little more than a week ago.

NBC4 brought the story of search warrants at the Mobarak business along state Route 161, at the Beechcroft Newsstand.

Federal agents and local officers took items from the Mobarak home and businesses as part of their investigation into alleged crime activity with multiple suspects.

Today in federal court Ahmad and Mohamed were allowed release by federal judge Elizabeth Preston Deavers after arguments by the U.S. Attorney's Office to try and keep them in custody.

The judge ruled that the brothers don't present a flight risk, or a danger to the public, and would allowed to return home early next week on some sort of monitoring system or device.

We need our clients out, we need them to work with us, 250 alleged institutions defrauded, we need to work on that, they are not a threat to the community in any way shape or form, Mark Collins, attorney for Ahmad Mobarak said.

Prosecutors called an agent with the IRS who talked a little about the case against the brothers saying in part they are accused of manipulating some 6000 credit cards, over a 3 year period, wiring nearly $200,000 overseas.

The U.S. Attorney's Officer argued that the brothers were flight risks,there was evidence to warrant them staying behind bars, and face long prison sentences if found guilty.

Today the brothers learned that when the hardware for monitoring systems come in, they will head home.

He's pleased, feels like any one of us would, looking forward to returning to his buinsess, Dave Thomas, attorney for Mohamed Mobarak said.

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Federal Money Laundering Suspects To Be Sent Home Until Trial