Category: laundering

Alex Murdaugh Pleads Not Guilty—for Now—to Federal Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Charges

May 31, 2023
Crime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsFraudlaunderingmurdaughRegional & State NewsSouth CarolinaState NewsUSUS News
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CHARLESTON, S.C.—Alex Murdaugh was arraigned Wednesday on federal money laundering and wire fraud charges for indictments saying he stole money from his clients, and although he pleaded not guilty for now, his lawyer said that might change soon. Murdaugh is already serving a life sentence in a South Carolina state prison for killing his wife…

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Chinese Spies Have Built a Criminal Stronghold in the West, Tied to Cartels and Corruption: Sam Cooper

January 12, 2022
Chinese governmentCrossroadsdrug cartelsEpochTVlaunderingmurderorganized crime
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There’s an organization out of the Chinese regime that’s running money laundering operations tied to drug cartels, organized crime, murder, the drug trade, and other crimes, that is also working closely with government officials and other networks of corruption. This operation has found a stronghold in Canada, and is being used in conjunction with criminal…

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EPOCHTV: Chinese Spies Have Built a Criminal Stronghold in the West, Tied to Cartels and Corruption: Sam Cooper

January 12, 2022
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There’s an organization out of the Chinese regime that’s running money laundering operations tied to drug cartels, organized crime, murder, the drug trade, and other crimes, that is also working closely with government officials and other networks of corruption. This operation has found a stronghold in Canada, and is being used in conjunction with criminal…

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Danish Woman Charged Over Laundering of $4.5 Billion in Danske Bank Scandal

December 22, 2021
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COPENHAGEN—A Danish woman has been charged by Danish police in a money laundering case involving more than 30 billion Danish crowns ($4.55 billion) which was channeled through Danske Bank’s Estonian branch, Denmark’s public prosecutor said on Wednesday. The 49-year old Danish citizen, is currently in preliminary questioning at Copenhagen city court, where it will be…

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Bags of Cash: NatWest Fined $351 Million Over Money Laundering

December 13, 2021
Business & EconomyCompanieslaunderingmoneyNatWestUKWorld
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LONDON—NatWest has been fined 265 million pounds ($350.9 million) for failing to prevent the laundering of nearly 400 million pounds, capping the first criminal money laundering case against a British bank. The fine would have been north of 300 million pounds, but a deduction was made for the bank’s guilty plea, the judge said. A…

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German Finance Ministry Raided in Money Laundering Probe

September 9, 2021
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BERLIN—German prosecutors raided the finance and justice ministries on Thursday as part of an investigation into possible obstruction of justice by the government’s anti-money laundering agency. The probe into the Financial Intelligence Unit, an agency of the finance ministry under SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz, is looking at whether the division failed to act on…

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