A Georgia executive will spend the next eight years in federal prison for funneling bribes to Honduran officials, a scheme prosecutors say secured over $10 million in contracts for his law enforcement supply company.
Carl Alan Zaglin, 70, owner of Marietta-based Atlanco LLC, was sentenced yesterday and ordered to forfeit more than $2 million. The sentencing follows his September 2025 conviction on charges related to a conspiracy that spanned nearly five years.
Evidence presented at trial revealed that between 2015 and 2019, Zaglin used a Florida intermediary to route hundreds of thousands of dollars to key decision-makers at TASA, the Honduran agency responsible for procuring police equipment. The intermediary, Aldo Nestor Marchena of Boca Raton, processed $2.5 million in sham invoices approved by Zaglin to disguise the illicit payments.
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In return for the kickbacks, TASA officials Francisco Roberto Cosenza Centeno and Juan Ramon Molina steered lucrative uniform and accessory contracts to Zaglin’s firm. Marchena was sentenced to seven years in prison last month, while the two Honduran officials have pleaded guilty and await sentencing.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Miami with assistance from international authorities in Belize, Colombia, and Spain.
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