Opinion ID: 707621
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Heading: Burton Golb

Text: 7 In 1988, Burton Golb opened Air North Aviation Corporation (Air North) in Houston, Texas. Like AEI, Air North was an airplane brokerage business that catered to Latin American customers. Air North's two main clients, Air Colombia and Air Caribe, both were based in Colombia and owned by an individual named Ruben Osorio; Air Caribe was managed by Roberto Franco, who had bought the Piper Navajo for cash. Payments from both of these companies came from third-party accounts outside of Colombia: some payments came from the Andonian organization, others from a different money launderer, the Sharir organization, which used the same method of exchanging tainted cash for gold. Golb served as a pooling point for these diverse funds and thus provided a valuable service to his Colombian clients.