article_snippet: The Maralit brothers often used The Maralit brothers law enforcement jobs to help The Maralit brothers purchase the weapons, such as by retrieving gun discounts given to police officers.
article_snippet: , 49 did not have the required license issued by the State Department to sell the guns overseas, according to the New York Times.
article_snippet: Instead Former NYPD officer Rex Maralit (left), 46, and former federal customs officer Wilfredo Maralit (right), 49 shipped the guns to Former NYPD officer Rex Maralit (left), 46, and former federal customs officer Wilfredo Maralit (right), 49 brother Ariel, who emailed his brothers specific 'buying orders' from customers, according to prosecutors.
article_snippet: Rex and Wilfredo Maralit shipped the guns to Rex and Wilfredo Maralit brother Ariel, who continues to live in the Philippines and is considered a fugitive .
article_snippet: Weapons the brothers shipped included assault rifles, AR-15s and semiautomatic weapons that had the power to penetrate police body armor and 'penetrate exterior walls, disable vehicles and even potentially down aircraft,' according to prosecutors.
article_snippet: Wilfredo Maralit said Wilfredo Maralit had originally become involved in the gun trade to make some extra money for Wilfredo Maralit family, and was hoping to make Wilfredo Maralit business legal one day. '
highlights_snippet: Rex Maralit, 46, and Wilfredo Maralit, 49, often used Rex Maralit, 46, and Wilfredo Maralit, 49 law enforcement jobs to help their law enforcement jobs purchase the weapons .
  
highlights_snippet: their law enforcement jobs then shipped the guns to their law enforcement jobs brother Ariel, who emailed their law enforcement jobs specific 'buying orders' from customers .
  
highlights_snippet: Weapons included assault rifles, AR-15s, and semiautomatic weapons .
  