Tariek Gill, Straw Purchasing, Rhode Island 2016

A Tariek Gill, 25, of Cumberland, Rhode Island, pleaded guilty to participating in a series of 'lying and buying' schemes where he bought nine guns from three different licensed firearms dealers by falsely representing that he was the actual buyer of the firearms.

The crimes occurred in the fall and winter of 2016. Gill admitted to the Court that on November 10, 2016, he falsely represented to a licensed firearm dealer that he was the actual buyer of a Glock G20 10mm pistol.

He also submitted the same false information on an ATF Form he provided to the firearms dealer as part of the background check process required to obtain the pistols. Gill paid for the firearms, and on November 22, 2016, he obtained the firearms from the dealer.

Gill admitted to employing the same straw purchase scheme when he obtained multiple firearms from licensed dealers between November 25, 2016 and December 27, 2016. He was compensated between $50 and $60 for each gun he purchased as a straw purchaser.

This Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation was conducted by agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Tariek Gill is scheduled to be sentenced on January 11, 2019. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Milind M. Shah.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ri/pr/cumberland-man-admits-lying-and-buying-nine-firearms