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Ex-caviar importer pleads guilty in fraud

A one-time importer of gourmet Iranian and Russian caviar who was on the lam since 1989 pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan Thursday to a scheme to cheat on customs duties that allegedly involved pawning off cheaper caviar on major airlines and cruise lines.

Isidoro Garbarino, a 69-year-old Italian citizen, was nabbed in September while changing planes in Panama en route to the Dominican...

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