Seven Charged in $20 Million Money Laundering Scam Using Home Improvement Gift Cards
MINEOLA, N.Y. — Seven individuals have been charged with money laundering and conspiracy following a 15-month investigation into a scheme that used fraudulently obtained Home Depot and Lowe’s gift cards to buy…
Florida Businessman Pleads Guilty in Three Cases Involving Conspiracies to Commit Health Care Fraud, Pay and Receive Unlawful Kickbacks, and Money Laundering
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to three counts of conspiracy related to the submission of fraudulent health care claims, United States Attorney Cindy…
Highlands Ranch Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering
DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Raul Rene Rodriguez-Romero, 33, of Highlands Ranch, has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison after earlier pleading…
Jury Convicts Lancaster Man For International Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dwayne Sherman, age 48, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury on money laundering…
Brooklyn-Based Manager Of Money Laundering Operation Sentenced To 48 Months In Prison In Connection With $5 Million Online Vehicle Sale Scam
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that NATALIA KORZHA and VLADISLAV NECEAEV were sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to conspiracy to commit…
HARTFORD WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
Richard G. Frohling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on September 1, 2022, a Hartford woman pled guilty to executing a multi-million-dollar wire fraud and money laundering…
Six Individuals Charged with Conspiring to Commit Wire Fraud and Money Laundering
NEW ORLEANS – RYAN P. MULLEN, age 41, a resident of Jayess, Mississippi, DUANE A. DUFRENE, age 55, a resident of Destrehan, Louisiana, DILLON J. ARCENEAUX, age 31, a resident of Marrero,…
District of Columbia Auditor Faces Money Laundering Charges Related to an International Romance Scam
Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Charles K. Egunjobi, age 48, of Waldorf, Maryland, with operating an unlicensed money service business relating to numerous online romance scams. …
Arizona Woman Sentenced to 30 Months on Methamphetamine Trafficking & Money Laundering Charges
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Krista Sparks, 28, Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson…
Leader Of Cocaine Trafficking And Money Laundering Organization Is Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell handed down a 20-year sentence to the leader and organizer of a cocaine trafficking and money laundering organization operating in the Carolinas and…
Venezuelan man indicted in U.S. for money laundering linked to Petropiar oil venture
(Reuters) -A Venezuelan man has been indicted for allegedly laundering the proceeds of inflated procurement contracts obtained via millions of dollars in bribes to officials at Venezuelan oil venture Petropiar, the U.S.…
Cash-rich Germany criticised by watchdog over money laundering
By John O’Donnell FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany has been criticised by a global watchdog for failing to do enough to tackle money laundering, such as by prosecuting very few for the crime…
Venezuelan Businessman Charged in Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme
Miami, Florida – A federal grand jury in Miami returned an indictment today charging a Venezuelan national for laundering the proceeds of substantially inflated procurement contracts obtained by making bribe payments to…
Germany plans new financial crime authority in bid to tackle money laundering
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany wants to create a new financial crime authority that would bundle several fragmented competencies, including sanctions enforcement, said a finance ministry paper on Tuesday. There are currently more…
Sioux Falls Woman Sentenced for Laundering Money as Part of a Drug Conspiracy
United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments was sentenced on August 15, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen…
Dallas Attorney Sentenced to Five Years for Laundering Purported Drug Money
A Dallas lawyer has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for conspiring to launder money he believed was linked to narcotics trafficking, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District…
Switzerland to return Uzbekistan’s assets frozen in money laundering probe
GENEVA (Reuters) – Switzerland agreed on Tuesday to send back to Uzbekistan over $100 million which it seized during a long-running investigation in connection with the daughter of former president Islam Karimov.…
Federal Jury Finds Man Guilty in Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – After three days of trial, a federal jury convicted Abdul Inusah, 31, of Ghana, for his role in a Huntington-based scheme that defrauded individuals in multiple states through the…
American attorney released from detention in UAE – lawyer
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI -U.S. citizen and civil rights attorney Asim Ghafoor, who was convicted in the United Arab Emirates this week on money laundering charges, has been released from detention there…
Two Men Convicted of Laundering Proceeds of a Business Email Compromise Scheme
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal jury convicted two individuals yesterday on charges of money laundering as part of a business email compromise (BEC) scheme. According to court records and evidence presented at…
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Multiple Defendants For Marijuana, Money Laundering, And Firearms Offenses
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a four-count indictment on July 20, 2022, against Jordon Albert White, 31, Jack Jamarcus Bolden, 32, Anasia Annette Cherry, 21, Tatyana Davenport,…
Special Deputy United States Marshal Facing Federal Charges for Money Laundering Related to a Romance Scam Involving More Than 20 Victims
Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Isidore Iwuagwu, age 35, of Upper Malboro, Maryland, with the federal charge of conspiring to commit money laundering related to numerous…
Foreign National Faces Federal Charges for Wire Fraud, Money Laundering and Aggravated Identity Theft Related to a Business Email Compromise Scheme
Greenbelt, Maryland – Njuh Valentine Fombe, a/k/a “Valentine”, age 36, formerly of Beltsville, Maryland, had an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on August 8, 2022, after being a fugitive…
UAE court lifts prison term for American convicted of money laundering
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI -A United Arab Emirates court has lifted a prison sentence but upheld a conviction on money laundering charges for U.S. citizen and civil rights attorney Asim Ghafoor, who…
Rapid City Man Charged with Multiple Counts of Fraud and Money Laundering
United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for five counts of Bank Fraud, eight counts of Money…
Charles Elsea, Jr., Leader Of A Prison Gang, Sentenced To Life In Prison For Drug And Money Laundering Offenses
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – On August 8, 2022, Charles Elsea, Jr., 44, a longtime inmate of the Tennessee Department of Corrections, was sentenced to life in prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer,…
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