Two Atlanta men have been convicted of smuggling guns from Georgia to Trinidad and Tobago, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a release.
Errol Alfred, 40, and Kerry Fernandez, 34, pleaded guilty to charges relating to the scheme. Jordan Dunham, 26, of Norcross, pleaded guilty to making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm, assisting Alfred and Fernandez in the scheme, the Justice Department said.
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Alfred and Fernandez used “straw purchasers” to buy guns for them between August 2013 and September 2014, according to the Justice Department. The purchasers would give the guns to Alfred and Fernandez, who then hid the guns in shipping barrels and transported them to an associate in Trinidad, the release said.
Dunham was one of those “straw purchasers,” according to the Justice Department.
Alfred pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle firearms out of the U.S., submitting false or misleading export information, delivery of firearms to a common carrier for international shipment without written notice, fifteen counts of making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm, and two counts of access device fraud on Feb. 6. He was sentenced to five years in prison and three years of supervised release on May 30.
Fernandez pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle firearms out of the U.S., and making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm on June 22. He was sentenced to two years and three months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release on April 19, 2018.
Dunham pleaded guilty to two counts of making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm on Aug. 17. He was sentenced to six months in prison and three years of supervised release on April 19, 2018.
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