On December 2, 2025, businessman Carl Alan Zaglin was sentenced to 8 years in prison for his role in an international bribery and money laundering scheme involving Honduran government officials. Zaglin was also ordered by the court to forfeit more than $2 million, an amount attributable to Zaglin’s role in the scheme.
In September 2025, a federal jury found Zaglin guilty of conspiracy to commit money laundering, violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), and conspiracy to violate the FCPA. Zaglin, the owner and CEO of law enforcement uniform and accessories manufacturer Atlanco LLC, was convicted for agreeing to pay bribes between March 2015 and November 2019 to Honduran government officials with the Comité Técnico del Fideicomiso para la Administración del Fondo de Protección y Seguridad Poblacional (“TASA”). The TASA was responsible, at the time, for procuring uniforms and other goods for the Honduran government. According to federal prosecutors, the bribes were paid to secure $10 million worth of contracts for Atlanco and to receive certain payments from the TASA. The DOJ presented evidence that, as part of the scheme, Zaglin directed Aldo Nestor Marchena, a third-party intermediary, to pay the bribes to TASA officials, including former TASA Executive Director Franscisco Roberto Consenza Centeno (“Cosenza”). According to the DOJ, as part of the scheme, approximately $2.5 million was paid out in bribes pursuant to sham contracts and fraudulent invoices authorized by Zaglin. In furtherance of the scheme, the defendants also conspired to launder the funds through Marchena’s U.S.-based front company and into bank accounts established for the benefit of the Honduran officials.
Back in December 2023, federal prosecutors had unsealed an indictment charging Zaglin, Marchena, and Cosenza for their roles in the scheme. Marchena and Consenza each pleaded guilty to the charges against them. In October 2025, Marchena was sentenced to 84 months in prison for his role in the scheme and was ordered to forfeit $132,656.57 in proceeds derived from his role in the scheme. Cosenza is currently scheduled to be sentenced on February 20, 2026.
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