[[Romeo]] was a [[United States Customs Service|U.S. Customs Service]] agent. He was the partner of [[Joe King]] and was involved in the [[Hashemi sting]] operation, which was designed to entrap individuals connected with [[Israel|Israeli]] intelligence arms sales to [[Iran]].[^1] [[Romeo]] and [[Joe King|King]] contacted [[Cyrus Hashemi]] and contrived an illegal frame-up. [[Romeo]] also videotaped some of the people [[Cyrus Hashemi|Hashemi]] met and secretly recorded.[^1] ### Footnotes [^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")