Sentences with phrase «olygarchs laundering their money»

The Manafort / Gates indictment was unsealed Monday morning, and it contains 12 counts: conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.

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

That strategy has sometimes attracted controversy, most notably in the case of the ill - fated Trump SoHo development, where the project's developers have faced allegations of financing it in part with laundered money.

After all, the important thing for anyone looking to launder money through a casino isn't to win.

Both the Chinese and US governments have made it clear that they fear casinos are used by international criminals to launder money.

After a slow and grudging response to the initial revelations, Cameron finally published six years of personal tax returns at the weekend, and for good measure Monday promised new legislation to make companies criminally liable if they fail to stop their employees laundering money on clients» behalf.

Later, she moved into laundering money for her husband when she discovered he was making millions from a meth project.

He and Manafort had also been charged in October with 12 counts including conspiracy against the US, conspiracy to launder money, being an unregistered agent of a foreign principal, making false and misleading statements, and failing to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.

And because so few people understand the art market, rigging the value of paintings is a simple way to launder money.

A bill currently in the House of Representatives calls for a report on (and strategy to combat) the use of cryptocurrencies in financing terrorism, laundering money, evading US sanctions, and otherwise threatening American national security.

Part of the deal was Canada would help the United States launder this money.»

In investment lingo, a smurf is someone who launders money - that is, filters illegal funds through corporate fronts in order to make it appear legitimate.

In a speech in January, France's finance minister called for proposals aimed at preventing virtual currency from being used to launder money, evade taxes, and finance terrorism, and asked a former Bank of France deputy governor to investigate cryptocurrencies.

Beyond the risks to the customer, there are also compliance risks to the bank... the anonymous nature of virtual currencies leads to the possibility that they may be used to launder money, finance crime and so forth.»

WizSec also believes Vinnik was involved in laundering money from other hacked cryptocurrency exchanges — Bitcoinica, Bitfloor, and some other currently unnamed platforms.

According to several information sources, Vinnik and his platform BTC - e were the key points through which ransomware authors cashed in their earnings and hackers laundered money stolen from other hacked Bitcoin trading platforms.

A Corpus Christi man pleaded guilty today in federal court to conspiracy with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin and conspiracy to launder money.

Due to its anonymity and untraceabilitiy, it is used for criminal activities such as laundering money, buying and selling illegal goods and services and transferring money to support criminal or terror activities.

The «modern technology services» discussed in the report point to cryptocurrencies and their usage to launder money derived from the illicit trade of firearms, drugs, human trafficking, and other organized crime.

A way to protect property owners from personal liability has also turned out to be handy for enabling problematic behavior, like laundering money or being a bad landlord.

goods or services; to launder money or finance terrorism; and to pursue other activity that introduces

«In order to hide Ukraine payments from United States authorities, from approximately 2006 through at least 2016, Manafort and GATES laundered the money through scores of United States and foreign corporations, partnerships, and bank accounts,» according to court filings released on Friday.

Manafort and longtime business partner Rick Gates, meanwhile, were charged in a 12 - count indictment with conspiracy to launder money, making false statements and other charges in connection with their work advising a Russia - friendly political party in Ukraine.

Criminal organizations are increasingly using cryptocurrencies to launder money or otherwise pay for illicit activities, according to one U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

«The FBI assesses with low confidence, based on current user and vendor acceptance, that malicious actors will exploit Bitcoin to launder money.

According to American diplomatic cables made public in 2010, the United States possessed information that led diplomats to believe Ziya Mammadov laundered money for the Iranian military.

The Chinese yuan is reportedly used for approximately 80 percent of global transactions involving bitcoin, with much indication that it is being used to illegally launder money out of the country.

We knew the government has no clue on the flow of dirty money — Tracking dirty money, show me the laundered money.

He has set out his stall to get the bank back on track after a series of scandals including HSBC's involvement in laundering money for Mexican drug cartels.

There are many opinions that arise regard cryptocurrencies, while a group of people consider that they are just a bubble, or a way for criminals to launder their money, that is simply a bet that has no value or guarantee whatsoever, there is another group of people who see cryptocurrencies in another way and they are convinced that these are the solution to many of the problems that exist today.

There are many opinions that arise regard cryptocurrencies, while a group of people consider that they are just a bubble, or a way for criminals to launder their money, that is simply a bet...

Stiglitz has been on the public record saying that Bitcoin should be made illegal and that once it is regulated to the point where it can't be used to launder money or fuel other illicit activities it will disappear.

Yin pleaded guilty to conspiring to obstruct justice and launder money and is scheduled to be sentenced on July 17.

A federal grand jury from the District of Columbia has indicted Firoz Patel, age 43, and his brother, Ferhan Patel, age 37, on multiple charges of using their payment processing company, Payza, to launder money from various criminal enterprises.

The charity's speaking after David Cameron delivered a speech in Singapore, which announced various measures to stop foreign investors using laundered money to buy British properties.

The Catholic Church has been laundering money for decades.

You don't need to launder money if you are getting it legally.

Well if you consider the vatican laundering money for the mob shocking — then yes.

Finding evidence that the Roma enjoyed expensive luxuries and had used modern criminal techniques, like tossing cell phones away after using them, the prosecutor said: «Someone in the Middle Ages would not be able to launder money amassed by children.

-- No funds from this center will go to the «social charities» of organizations like the Hamas and Taliban since that is used as a front for laundering monies that support terror.

After watching how mormons lied, bussed in «church» members to spread their bee ess propaganda, and laundered money to get prop 8 on the books in CA I'd be skeptical too.

In Japan there is a mob organization called yakuza, which has been known to enter the sports world, most notably to launder money through such enterprises as golf courses.

The problem is rich olygarchs laundering their money through football clubs by buying French and German players.

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the fat cats get fatter, and they're not going to bite the hand that launders money into their supper dish.

Jose Mourinho's former side Uniao de Leiria have been among the clubs in Portugal raided by police as part of an operation to dismantle a Russian mafia gang laundering money.

Sometime later, prosecutors contend, Gulino paid Mangano an equal amount in cash, after which Mangano allegedly asked Singh to launder the money for him.

Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and an associate are under house arrest on charges including conspiracy to launder money, linked to the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into allegations that the campaign colluded with Russia.

Legislators change campaign finance laws so they can legally launder money between sources, while retaining all of the rules and regulations that make their funding sources appear innocent.

The news follows earlier revelations that HSBC's subsidiaries also helped launder money for drug cartels, terrorists and pariah states.