On February 6, 2023, a Russian cryptocurrency money launderer previously extradited from the Netherlands to face charges in the District of Oregon pleaded guilty in federal court. Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. [Read more]
A federal jury convicted an Owensboro man, a North Carolina man, and a Florida woman this week for conspiracies to commit mail fraud and securities fraud. The Owensboro man was also convicted of money laundering and attempted tax evasion for tax years 2013 and 2014. [Read more]
United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman today announced the sentencing of the former Ballard County Judge Executive and Ballard County Treasurer, in United States District Court, by Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell, for their individual roles in bank fraud. [Read more]
The charges were unsealed as part of “Operation Crypto Runner,” which was established by U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston of the Eastern District of Texas, the Secret Service and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. [Read more]
A 37-year-old Florida woman has been indicted in a cryptocurrency money laundering scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. Sharena Seay, of Jacksonville, FL, was named in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury, charging her with money laundering. She was arraigned in federal court by U.S. Magistrate Judge John D. Love. [Read more]
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 guilty to distribution of more than 500 grams of methamphetamine and money laundering. [Read more]
The United States, through the Department of Justice and FBI, forfeited approximately $23 million traceable to the corruption and money laundering of former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators. This money will be returned to the Nigerian people through an agreement between the Governments of the United States and the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nigeria) signed today in Abuja, Nigeria, by U.S. Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard. This repatriation will bring the total amount forfeited and returned by the Department of Justice in this case to approximately $334.7 million. [Read more]
A major overhaul of America’s anti-money-laundering laws is another step closer. After the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that would force middlemen like trust companies and lawyers to more closely scrutinise the source of anti-money-laundering and assets flowing into the country’s financial system. [Read more]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Bowling Green real estate attorney H. Harris Pepper, Jr. entered a guilty plea to money laundering, announced United States Attorney Russell Coleman. [Read more]
In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the Attorney General directed every United States Attorney to commit all available resources and manpower to our national Anti-Terrorism mission . That directive included the establishment of Anti-Terrorism Advisory Councils (ATACs) led by United States Attorneys. [Read more]
