Sentences with phrase «accused of money laundering»

eGold — Accused of money laundering, and transmitting money without a license, even though gold is not «money.»

In that portion, editorial page editor Arthur Browne calls Spitzer «a racketeering prosecutor and the attorney general,» accuses him of money laundering, and asks him exactly how much he spent on hookers.

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They also accused him of helping to run the exchange BTC - e, whose primary purpose was allegedly to launder money.

On April 15, 2011, a day that would later become known as Black Friday in the online poker community, the Department of Justice shuttered two major online poker giants, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, accusing the company founders of fraud, money laundering, and operating a Ponzi scheme.

One of Trump's real - estate advisers in the early 2000s, the Russia - born businessman Felix Sater, was accused nearly two decades ago of being a co-conspirator in a $ 40 million fraud and money laundering scheme involving four Mafia families.

Last week, the U.S. Treasury accused ABLV bank of «institutionalized money laundering,» including allowing its clients to conduct business with parties connected to North Korea.

Authorities in Switzerland arrested him in April, accusing him of bribery, fraud and money laundering.

Several other star footballers have been accused of tax fraud in Spain, most notably Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo, while former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell is currently in jail following a money - laundering investigation.

Professor Spilde has also accused you of «money laundering» on MDC.

The second charge accused Suiming Electricals of aiding the senator and Golden Touch Construction Projects Ltd to commit money laundering acts contrary to the laws of the land.

Fintiri is accused, in the charge marked: FHC / ABJ / CB / CB / 131/2016, of engaging in money laundering activities involving a cumulative sum of over N1billion.

Queens political operative John Haggerty was sprung from jail Saturday after posting $ 250,000 bail but faces up to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty Friday by a Manhattan jury of grand larceny and money laundering after being accused of stealing $ 1.1 million from Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The accused are standing trial before Justice Mohammed Aikawa on a five - count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N450 million.

The statement read in part, «The commission, which preferred 24 charges against the ex-banker before Justice Babatunde Quadri of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, accused him of transferring N78, 521, 431.61 from the Federal Government Pension funds into private accounts held by nonpensioners in contravention of Section 15 (2)(b) of the Money Laundering Act 2011.

Updated, 12:40 p.m. John F. Haggerty Jr., a Republican political consultant accused of stealing $ 1.1 million from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg during Mr. Bloomberg's 2009 re-election campaign, was found guilty of second - degree grand larceny and second - degree money laundering by a jury in Manhattan on Friday morning.

The accused person was also accused of transacting business with $ 2m cash said to be above the threshold of cash payments prescribed by the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act.

Urges all Member States to promptly and correctly transpose into their national legislation all existing EU and international legal instruments concerning organised crime, corruption and money laundering; urges Member States and the Commission to complete the Roadmap on the rights of suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings, including a directive on pre-trial detention;

Finally, he is accused of laundering some of that money through private investment opportunities that earned him close to another $ 1 million.

He had faced three federal charges — mail fraud, wire fraud and extortion — for each scheme, as well as a money laundering charge after prosecutors accused him of having illegally laundered the proceeds of those schemes to lucrative investments with a Buffalo - area venture capitalist.

Money Laundering: Ex-Gov Ohakim's Son Allegedly Threatens Prosecution Witness An unimaginable drama, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, stalled the cross-examination of prosecution witness, Abu Sule in the case involving a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, as prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, revealed how the accused's son, Emeka Ohakim, had allegedly went on the trail -LSB-...]

They were also accused of violating Section 18 (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition)(Amendment) Act 2012 and liable to punishment under Section 15 (3) of the same Act which they all pleaded not guilty to.

Greer, now under indictment on fraud and money - laundering charges after being drummed out of the state party, also accused «many within the GOP» of having «racist views.»

He repeatedly accused Mr. Spitzer of «money laundering,» although prosecutors have said there was no evidence to charge him with any financial crimes.

Shkreli is accused of providing «clean» checks to launder money for Andre Veliu, who's also named in a July 26 indictment for allegedly selling the rocket launcher and machine guns.

The EFCC accused the minister's son of carrying out business transactions worth billions of naira in violation of Money Laundering Act.

To be clear, I am not accusing CIG or the project backers of money laundering, nor do I have any proof of same.

Among other things, those posts accuse Padrick and Obsidian of engaging in «illegal activity,» including «corruption,» «fraud,» «deceit on the government,» «money laundering,» «defamation,» «harassment,» «tax crimes,» and «fraud against the government.»

Some B.C. real estate agents accused of insider trading and helping to money launder: NDP, Canadian Press

Others can find themselves accused of laundering money or embezzlement.

A case before the society of lawyer Donald Gurney, who is accused of allowing $ 25 million in offshore money to flow through his trust account without doing substantial legal work for the client, is being treated as a violation of the society's rule that you can't be involved in transactions that may assist a client in doing something wrong — not as money laundering, says Van Ommen.

Novy is accused of charging unauthorized fees and laundering misappropriated money through his IOLTA account and other bank accounts.

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The site's co-founders have been hit with pimping, sex trafficking and money laundering charges multiple times and the site has been accused of knowingly playing host to sex and child trafficking.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has come under fire after an investigation accused it of helping the Italian mafia launder money.

Khrapunov, who denied the allegations, also helped launder about $ 300 million for his father, Viktor Khrapunov, who's accused of embezzling the money from Almaty when he was its mayor from 1997 to 2004, according to a lawsuit the city and BTA Bank filed in federal court in New York in 2015.