An Aubrey woman was convicted at trial Thursday of defrauding elderly victims in romance schemes, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. After 7 days of…
The founder and majority owner of Bitzlato Ltd. (Bitzlato), a cryptocurrency exchange that served as a primary conduit for dark market purchasers and sellers, as well as a safe haven…
Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national also known as “Anatolii Legkodymov,” “Gandalf” and “Tolik,” pleaded guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn to operating a money transmitting business that transported and…
SAN JOSE/PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Costa Rican police on Tuesday arrested Panamanian businessman and former presidential hopeful David Ochy on charges of fraud and money laundering, judicial authorities said on…
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former chief executive officer at U.S. oil refiner Citgo Petroleum helped alleged Venezuelan drug trafficker Carlos Orense move money in the mid-2000s,…
BROOKLYN, NY — Vladislav Deshkovich, a 30-year-old self-proclaimed “political candidate,” has been charged with the murder of his mother, Inna Deshkovich, 52, in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge neighborhood. The incident, a…
Seattle – A 33-year-old SeaTac, Washington, man was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison and three years of supervised release for a money laundering conviction related…
Senator Vince Polistina has requested a thorough investigation by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) into the activities of dark money organizations, particularly focusing on their alleged role…
BOSTON – A coordinator for a large-scale international fentanyl trafficking and money laundering conspiracy, operating on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in…
Gov’t Sponsored Bank Judges Applicants’ ‘Diversity’ Before Handing Out Key Housing Grant Money Will Kessler on November 28, 2023 A government-sponsored bank ran a grant competition in November that partially…
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Jignesh Purshottambhai Vekaria (30, Tampa) to four years and three months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money…
BOSTON – A Framingham man pleaded guilty today to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. Luiz DaSilva, 69, pleaded guilty to one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. said on Monday that after Hamas’ assault on Israel last month, it and several allied nations established an international task force aimed countering the flow…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Cash conditions in China’s money market showed signs of tightness on Monday, as market participants grew cautious about month-end demand and a recent liquidity squeeze remained fresh…
Pro-Democrat ‘Local News’ Operation Raked In Cash From Prolific Dark Money Network In Lead-Up To Elections Robert Schmad on November 24, 2023 A media network promoting Democratic candidates and their…
PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK – Stefan Chernev, age 49, and a citizen of Bulgaria, pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit international money laundering. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Ketty…
ALEXANDRIA, VA – A man and woman from Prince George’s County, Maryland, Dasola Abdulraheem, 41, and Ismaila Abdulraheem, 44, both Nigerian nationals and ex-spouses, have pleaded guilty to charges related…
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – Danielle Miura had a lot of dreams for what her life might look like at age 25. Then life stepped in. Suddenly the…
Biden Cabinet Secretary’s Daughter Works For Activist Group Tied To Liberal Dark Money Juggernaut Nick Pope on November 19, 2023 Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s daughter works for an anti-fossil fuel…
Liberal Dark Money Juggernaut Funneled Over $60 Million To Groups Mobilizing Voters In 2022 Robert Schmad on November 17, 2023 A network of liberal nonprofits dumped tens of millions of…
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Burlington County, New Jersey, man admitted participating in schemes to negotiate fraudulent checks with forged signatures and to launder money from another fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney…
A federal jury convicted three Texas men yesterday for a $145 million scheme to defraud the Department of Labor through the submission of fraudulent claims for prescription compound creams. According…
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Prince George’s County, Maryland, man and woman pleaded guilty to their involvement in laundering the proceeds of various fraud schemes targeting victims’ retirement and investment accounts.…
OAKLAND – Michael Brent Rothenberg, a former San Francisco venture capitalist once described in Bloomberg as “Silicon Valley’s Party Animal,” was convicted today of wire fraud, money laundering, bank fraud,…