Money Laundering

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud that were seized from accounts at Cayman Islands-domiciled Binance Holdings Ltd. in the names of Martins Eromosele Iyere, Olawumi Stephen Adewale, and Moses Olumide Sokale in USA v. 0.40401694 Bitcoin, 59,911.36 Tether, 9,128.847 Tether, 1,346.37 Decentraland, 1,039.6163 Curvedao, 14,690.894 Zillqa, 5.5550225 Avalanche, and 14,534,916 Shiba Inu at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding virtual assets seized from accounts at Binance crypto exchange in the names of Kosit Sisawigon and Suradet Totsaponvised, both in Thailand, and Low Li Yu, in Malaysia, that "was swindled from victims through the course of an investment fraud scam" in USA v. 5,012,294.90 in TetherUS, 75,589,553.41 in Gala, 226.81 in BNB, 1,264.16 in Bitcoin, 1,495.72 in Litentry, 48,969 in Fantom, 47.17 in Ethereum, and 501.41 in BUSD at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud in USA v. "$187,182 in U.S. currency, converted cryptocurrency obtained from SHAISHAV RAMAVAT’s OKX Exchange Account # 301953210925592576", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of an alleged fraud by someone pretending to be from 'Microsoft technical support' and laundering via crypto in USA v. Any and All Virtual Currency, Funds, Monies, and other things of value stored in or accessible at Binance associated with User ID 165978850 at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Criminal Complaint alleging the defendants "engaged in unlicensed money transmitting business [coinexchange.am], in that they are exchanging cryptocurrency for funds in the form of United States currency, charging a fee as a percentage of the amount of the transfer" in USA v. Samvel Grigoryan and Hayk Martirosyan, both citizens of Armenia, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Criminal Indictment alleging international money laundering and the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business in USA v. Melik Najm, described as a resident of Brazil, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Forfeiture Application regarding the "proceeds of a wire fraud/romance scheme, also known as 'pig butchering'" in USA v. 489,269.52 Tether on deposit in a Kraken account in the name of OSL SG Pte Ltd., described as a Singapore company established by "a United Kingdom citizen, Suzanne Jensen", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding "assets involved in and traceable to an international conspiracy to, among other things, launder money misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (“1MDB”), a strategic investment and development company wholly-owned by the government of Malaysia", in USA v. Pablo Picasso's 'Trois femmes nues et buste d'homme' drawing and All Funds and Assets on deposit in an account in the name of Glen Vine Partners Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, at ONE Swiss Bank S.A., in Switzerland, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding "the theft and laundering of more than $7 million worth of cryptocurrency through a wire fraud scheme affecting multiple victims" involving "Pig Butchering" and "an investment platform called NYMEX" in USA v. 1,360,000.748 Tether and $3,859,703.65 formerly held in a Kraken cryptocurrency account at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from International Union Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Liechtenstein - for a criminal investigation into "an international money laundering scheme allegedly involving Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (“PDVSA”), Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled oil company".

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendants laundered "at least over $1 billion in criminal proceeds through the Tornado Cash service" in USA v. Roman Storm, a citizen of the USA, and Roman Semenov, a citizen of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Information alleging obstruction of justice and conspiracy to launder the proceeds of fraud with unidentified co-conspirators in Dubai and Ukraine in USA v. Craig Clayton at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Sixth Superseding Indictment alleging fraud and money laundering in USA v. Samuel Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. $21.8 million "that constitutes proceeds of foreign bribery offenses, property involved in money laundering or a conspiracy to commit money laundering" involving Naman Wakil, described as "a Venezuelan citizen who became a permanent resident in the United States in or around 2012", and accounts in the Cayman Islands and Switzerland, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Plea Agreement and Statement of Offense regarding an offense of "conspiring to launder approximately 119,754 BTC in wire fraud proceeds, worth approximately $71 million at the time of the wire fraud" in USA v. Heather Rhiannon Morgan at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Plea Agreement and Statement of Offense regarding an offense of "conspiring to launder approximately 119,754 BTC in wire fraud proceeds, worth approximately $71 million at the time of the wire fraud" in USA v. Ilya Lichtenstein at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Motion to Comply with Subpoena in Ilan Shor, described as "a prominent businessman and politician in Moldova" v. Matei Dohotaru for use in Ilan Shor's appeal after being "tried and convicted of various offenses connected to the disappearance of $1 billion from three Moldovan banks in 2014", filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Criminal Information alleging fraud and money laundering involving crypto allegedly stolen from British Virgin Islands-domiciled crypto exchange Bitfinex in USA v. Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Rhiannon Morgan at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The United States has seized $45 million in a U.S. bank account operated by Bahamas-based Deltec Bank & Trust that was allegedly used to launder the proceeds of crypto-based investment fraud and other scams, OffshoreAlert can reveal.

Curaçao's International Global Bank NV intends to sue Swiss firm Consulting and Services Associate SA for "fraudulent misrepresentations" regarding an "OFAC Certification" in a dispute that appears to be linked to sanctions evasion involving Venezuela's state-owned oil and natural gas company PDVSA.

Application by the USA for a warrant to seize $19 million at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation in the name of Deltec Bank and Trust (Bahamas) that "represents the proceeds of wire fraud and/or is property involved in money laundering", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding assets allegedly traceable to smuggling, fraud, and money laundering involving Douglas Latchford, a.k.a. Pakpong Kriangsak, who "Until his death in 2020, ... was based primarily in Thailand and the United Kingdom" in USA v. $12M in Rathbones Investment Management Portfolio Accounts in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, and 7th Century Bronze Statue Depicting the Four-Armed Goddess Durga at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Defendant's Third Unopposed Motion to Continue Trial Date in USA v. Andrew Alturo Fahie, a former Premier of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by the USA for a warrant to seize $27 million at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation in the name of Deltec Bank and Trust (Bahamas) that “represents the proceeds of wire fraud and/or is property involved in money laundering”, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Factual Proffer in USA v. Kadeem Stephan Maynard at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Plea Agreement in USA v. Kadeem Stephan Maynard at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Former BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Maynard, 61, and her son, Kadeem Maynard, 32, have each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to import cocaine at federal court in Miami in a scheme that also allegedly involved then British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Fahie and each face a "mandatory minimum" of 10 years in prison unless the judge determines they are "safety valve eligible". With Fahie's jury trial set to start next month, Oleanvine Maynard has agreed to "cooperate fully" with prosecutors.

Plea Agreement in which defendants agrees to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy ti import a controlled substance in USA v. Oleanvine Pickering Maynard, a former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority, in the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Factual Proffer regarding a drugs trafficking scheme involving the British Virgin Islands and "the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel" in USA v. Oleanvine Pickering Maynard, former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority, in the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Indictment alleging a conspiracy to bribe an IRS official on behalf of the Chinese Government to "topple" the Falun Gong religious movement in USA v. John Chen, a.k.a. Chen Jun, and Lin Feng at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by the USA for a warrant to seize $58 million at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation in the name of Deltec Bank and Trust (Bahamas) that "represents the proceeds of wire fraud and/or is property involved in money laundering", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Eight days after it was disclosed at federal court in Miami that her son, Kadeem Maynard, intends to plead guilty in a narcotics trafficking and money laundering criminal case, it was disclosed in a court entry that former British Virgin Islands Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Maynard will do likewise, leaving former BVI Premier Andrew Fahie as the only defendant still fighting the charges.

Class Action Complaint in Gregory A. Stevenson v. Richard E. Thornburgh, Bradley W. Dougan, John G. Popp, Brian Chin, Jay Kim, Albert Sohn, Mirko Bianchi, Urs Rohner, John Tiner, Severin Schwan, Iris Bohnet, Lydie Hudson, Kaikhushru S. Nargolwala, Seraina Macia, Joaquin J. Ribeiro, Michael Klein, Noreen Doyle, James L. Amine, Eric Varvel, Romeo Cerutti, David L. Miller, David R. Mathers, Lara J. Warner, Timothy P. O'Hara, Robert S. Shafir, Pamela A. Thomas-Graham, Sean T. Brady, Robert Jain, Philip Vasan, Credit Suisse Holdings (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse Capital LLC, Credit Suisse Management LLC, KPMG LLP, KPMG LLC, Paul Knopp,, William Thomas, Larry Bradley, Laura M. Newinski, Regina H. Mayor, John B. Veihmeyer, Brian J. Sweet, David Britt, Scott Marcello, David Middendorf, Thomas Whittle, Cynthia Holder, and Jeffrey Wada at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Complaint alleging conspiracy to act as a foreign government agent for China, money laundering, and bribery of "a purported Internal Revenue Service agent who was in fact an undercover officer ... as part of a PRC Government-directed scheme to revoke the tax-exempt status of a 501(c)(3) organization run by Falun Gong practitioners" in USA v. John Chen, a.k.a. Chen Jun, and Lin Feng at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Indictment alleging citizens of Russia, Greece, and the USA participated in a global procurement and money laundering scheme on behalf of the Russian government in USA v. Yevgeniy Grinin, Aleksey Ippolitov, Boris Livshits, Svetlana Skvortsova, Vadim Konoshchenok, Nikolaos Bogonikolos, Alexey Brayman, and Vadim Yermolenko at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

USA's Motion to Compel BlockFi to Comply with Seizure Warrants in USA v. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, both citizens of Estonia, at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

In what is likely to be bad news for former British Virgin Islands Premier and accused narcotics trafficker and money launderer Andrew Fahie, a change of plea hearing has been set for one of his co-defendants, 32-year-old Kadeem Maynard, meaning it's likely that Maynard has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint in Indiana Public Retirement System, Boston Retirement System, Public School Teachers' Pension & Retirement Fund of Chicago, International Union of Operating Engineers Local No. 793 Members Pension Benefit Trust of Ontario, UMC Benefit Board, Inc. and Wespath Institutional Investments LLC, both as administrative trustees of the Wespath Funds Trust; Bucks County Employees Retirement Fund, Jacob Guz, and John Thomas v. Silvergate Capital Corporation, Karen F. Brassfield, Robert C. Campbell, Canaccord Genuity LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Paul D. Colucci, Compass Point Research & Trading LLC, Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC, Thomas C. Dircks, Kathleen M. Fraher, Dennis S. Frank, Goldberg-Flores LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Aanchal Gupta, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., Alan J. Lane, Michael Lempres, Antonio Martino, Scott Reed, Benjamin C. Reynolds, Colleen Sullivan, UBS Securities LLC, Wedbush Securities Inc., and Wedbush Securities LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Polyflake LLC - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Czech Republic - for a criminal investigation into Tomas Svoboda, Patrik Olah and others for suspected money laundering.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Chase Bank, Bank of America, Corporate America Credit Union, Wells Fargo, Citibank, HSBC Bank USA, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Deutsche Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Portugal - for a criminal investigation into Ion Dumitru, Viorel Ciuraru, Nicu Stefan, and Marian Arcanum for suspected money laundering.

USA's Sentencing Submission regarding a scheme to bribe government officials in the Marshall Islands to pass business legislation in USA v. Cary Yan, a citizen of the Marshall Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Cary Yan's Sentencing Submission regarding a scheme to bribe government officials in the Marshall Islands to pass business legislation in USA v. Cary Yan, a citizen of the Marshall Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Judgment in BTA Bank JSC, of Kazakhstan v. Ilyas Khrapunov, whose "last known address" was in Switzerland, at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

Second Amended Complaint alleging "improper commercial activities, including the illegal misappropriation of millions of dollars of Plaintiffs' bank-deposited funds in an elaborate money laundering scheme", in Oleg Zhukovskiy, described as "a U.S. permanent resident"; ZUKK Trading Limited, of Cyprus; Intertransgroup LLC, of Ukraine; Nikolay Kovzel, a citizen of Ukraine, and Vitaly Didylivsky, a citizen of Ukraine v. National Bank of Ukraine at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Bank of New York Mellon, and Standard Chartered Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Turkey - for a criminal investigation into Ugur Ozdemir and others for suspected money laundering.

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Complaint alleging the defendant "and others orchestrated and carried out a plan to violate and evade and attempt to violate and evade U.S. sanctions against Sergey Vitalievich Kurchenko [a citizen of Ukraine], Kompaniya Gaz-Alyans, OOO, and ZAO Vneshtorgservis" in USA v. John Can Unsalan, a.k.a. Hurrem Can Unsalan, at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Wells Fargo Bank and Bank of America - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Argentina - for a criminal investigation into "Martin Azar, Diego Sebastian Sanchez, and others for money laundering, unauthorized financial intermediation, and criminal conspiracy".

Application for an order authorizing the disclosure of Grand Jury materials (BAC Florida Bank records) to Panama for use in a criminal investigation into Héctor Dáger, described as "a Venezuelan citizen with Panamanian residency permit", for "potential corruption and money laundering relating to contracts obtained by the Brazilian company Odebrecht S.A. from the government of Venezuela".