Customs and border Officer Wilfredo Maralit of Garden Grove
Defendants Used Law Enforcement Credentials to Obtain Military-Grade Assault Rifles, Sniper Rifles and Other High-Powered Weapons for Smuggling to the Philippines
Federal agents have arrested REX MARALIT, a New York City Police Officer assigned to police headquarters in Manhattan, and his brother WILFREDO MARALIT, a Customs and Border Protection Officer assigned to Los Angeles International Airport, pursuant to arrest warrants issued in the Eastern District of New York. These two men, along with a third brother, ARIEL MARALIT, are charged with conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act by exporting high-powered weapons from the United States to the Philippines without a license from the U.S. State Department, and with conspiring to engage in unlicensed firearms dealing.1 Continue reading