Indictment

Criminal Indictment alleging "a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $110 million worth of cryptocurrency from a cryptocurrency exchange called Mango Markets and its investors" in USA v. Avraham Eisenberg at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Indictment alleging fraud and money laundering regarding "a purported cryptocurrency mining and trading company that promised to earn its victim-investors profits in exchange for their purchase of cryptocurrency-related investment products" in USA v. Francisley da Silva, a citizen of Brazil; Juan Tacuri, Antonia Perez Hernandez, and Ramon Perez at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud, including "Campaign Finance" fraud, and money laundering involving the FTX crypto group in USA v. Samuel Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud and money laundering involving "a purported cryptocurrency mining and trading company that promised to earn its victim-investors profits in exchange for their purchase of cryptocurrency-related investment products", in USA v. Francisley da Silva, a citizen of Brazil; Juan Tacuri, and Antonia Perez Hernandez at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud and money laundering involving Loop Industries Inc., described as a Nevada company based in Quebec, Canada, in USA v. David Stephens, described as a resident of Canada; Donald Danks, Jonathan Destler, and Robert Lazerus at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Criminal Indictment alleging crypto-based investment fraud in USA v. Rathnakishore Giri at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Superseding Indictment alleging narcotics trafficking and money laundering in USA v. Andrew Alturo Fahie, a former Premier of the British Virgin Islands; Oleanvine Pickering Maynard, and Kadeem Stephan Maynard at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Indictment alleging crypto-related investment fraud and money laundering by citizens of Belarus and Estonia in USA v. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, described as citizens and residents of Estonia, at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Criminal Indictment accusing the defendant of "designing and implementing a fraudulent tax evasion scheme ... to conceal millions of dollars of worldwide income earned by certain high net worth clients", including two "internationally renowned" electronic dance music disc jockeys and "certain fashion industry clients", in USA v. Frank Butselaar, described as a citizen of the Netherlands who "referred to himself as a 'tax lawyer'" even though "he was not an attorney in any jurisdiction", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud involving IcomTech, described as "a purported cryptocurrency mining and trading company that promised to earn its victim-investors profits in exchange for their purchase of purported cryptocurrency-related investment products" in USA v. David Carmona, Marco Ruiz Ochoa, Moses Valdez, Juan Arellano, David Brend, and Gustavo Rodriguez at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, destruction of records, and false statements in USA v. Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, a.k.a. Oleg Mukhamedshin, described as a citizen of Russia; Olga Shriki, described as "a naturalized United States citizen living in the United States"; Natalia Mikhaylovna Bardakova, described as a citizen of Russia, and Ekaterina Olegovna Voronina, a.k.a. Ekaterina Lobanova, described as a citizen of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging sanctions violations, bank fraud, money laundering in USA v. Andrii Derkach, described as a citizen of Ukraine who was "an active Russian agent for over a decade", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging "a fraud, illegal export and money laundering operation under the umbrella of NDA GmbH", described as "a privately-held industrial equipment and commodity trading company located in Hamburg, Germany", in USA v. Yury Orekhov, described as "a Russian national who resided in Germany and the United Arab Emirates"; Artem Uss, described as "a Russian national" and "the son of a Russian politician who served as the governor of Russia's Krasnoyarsk Krai region"; Svetlana Kuzurgasheva, a.k.a. Lana Neumann, a citizen of Russia; Juan Fernando Serrano Ponce, a citizen of Spain; Juan Carlos Soto, of Venezuela; Timofey Telegin, a citizen of Russia, and Sergey Tulyakov, of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging tax evasion involving entities in the Bahamas, Colombia, Gibraltar, and USA in USA v. Joseph Cammarata at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Criminal Indictment alleging that the defendant conspired to help Oleg Deripaska, described as "a Russian national who has been subject to economic sanctions in the United States since April 2018", to evade those sanctions in USA v. Graham Bonham-Carter, a citizen of the United Kingdom, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Indictment alleging fraud and money laundering involving entities in the Bahamas, Colombia, Gibraltar and USA in USA v. Joseph Cammarata, Erik Cohen, and David Punturieri at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Criminal Indictment alleging money laundering regarding the proceeds of corruption involving Petróleos de Venezuela SA, a.k.a. PDVSA, described as "Venezuela's state-owned and state-controlled oil company", in USA v. Rixon Rafael Moreno Oropeza at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Second Superseding Indictment alleging cryptocurrency money laundering of proceeds of ransomware attacks in USA v. Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov, a citizen of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud in USA v. Andrew Coldicutt, a Canadian attorney residing in California, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendant was "a member of a criminal conspiracy that used malicious software and other mechanisms to take control of bank accounts of unsuspecting victims and misappropriate funds from those accounts" in USA v. Dmitry Ukrainskiy, described as "a Russian national residing in Thailand", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and conspiracy to commit money laundering involving an alleged scheme to bribe officials in Ecuador and involving entities, accounts, and individuals in or from Ecuador, Italy, Panama, Spain, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and USA in USA v. Esteban Eduardo Merlo Hidalgo, described as a citizen of Ecuador and USA; Cristian Patricio Pintado Garcia, described as a citizen of Ecuador and Italy, and Luis Lenin Maldonado Matute, described as a citizen of Ecuador and Costa Rica, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Ralph Steinmann, a citizen of Switzerland, and Luis Fernando Vuteff, a citizen of Argentina, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Indictment alleging a crypto-based investment fraud in USA v. Ivars Auzins, a.k.a. Aivars Grauzdins, a citizen and resident of Latvia, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud involving EmpiresX, which "operated a cryptocurrency investment platform", in USA v. Emerson Pires, a citizen of Brazil; Flavio Mendes Gonçalves, a citizen of Brazil, and Joshua David Nicholas, a citizen of the USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Indictment alleging a non-fungible token cryptocurrency fraud in USA v. Le Ahn Tuan, described as a citizen of Vietnam, at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud and money laundering involving "fraudulent artwork" in USA v. Daniel Elie Bouaziz, a citizen of France and an "art dealer", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud involving "cryptocurrency-mining computers" in USA v. Chet Stojanovich at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging the defendants engaged in illegal intelligence activities on behalf of China in USA v. Shujun Wang, Jie Ji, Ming Li, and Keqing Lu at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud involving Allianz Global Investors in USA v. Gregoire Tournant at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy to import a controlled substance, conspiracy to engage in money laundering, and attempted money laundering in USA v. Andrew Fahie, former Premier of the British Virgin Islands; Oleanvine Maynard, and Kadeem Maynard, all of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Indictment alleging cryptocurrency-based investment fraud and money laundering in USA v. Luiz Capuci, Jr., a.k.a. Junior Capuci, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Indictment alleging insider trading in shares of U.S Goethermal Inc. via a company in the Seychelles and bank accounts in Switzerland in USA v. Moshe Strugano, described as an Israeli "corporate lawyer" whose "law practice specialized in registering and establishing offshore companies and trusts, and opening related financial accounts", at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging Ukraine-Russia sanctions violations in USA v. Konstantin Malofeyev, a citizen of Russia, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud and money laundering involving individuals or entities in or from the Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Croatia, Denmark, France, Hungary, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and USA in USA v. Julius Csurgo and Anthony Korculanic at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging money laundering concerning bribes involving Odebrecht SA, of Brazil, in USA v. Carlos Ramon Polit Faggioni, described as a citizen of Ecuador who "served as the comptroller general of Ecuador from in or around 207 to 2017", at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Superseding Indictment alleging the defendants "conspired with Virgil Griffith, a cryptocurrency expert and citizen of the United States, to illegally provide cryptocurrency and blockchain technology services to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in contravention of U.S. sanctions on the DPRK" in USA v. Alejandro Cao de Benós, a citizen of Spains, and Christopher Emms, a citizen of the United Kingdom, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Second Superseding Indictment alleging fraud and identity theft involving "RaidForums", whose "website served as a platform where members could solicit for sale, sell, and purchase contraband," in USA v. Diogo Santos Coelho, described as a citizen and resident of Portugal, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud and money laundering in USA v. John Alexander van Arem, of Ontario, Canada; Anthony Graeme Goldstein, of Ontario, Canada; Lynn Richard Hinds, of Arizona; Donovon Stiltner, of Florida and Ohio; Igor James Weisbrot, of Florida; Wayne Scott Simpson, of Florida, and Stanley Herbert Johnson, of California, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud and money laundering involving individuals or entities in or from Antigua and Barbuda, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Croatia, Denmark, Monaco, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and USA in USA v. Ronald Bauer, Craig Auringer, Petar Mihaylov, and Daniel Ferris, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging money laundering against two former prosecutors in Venezuela regarding an alleged bribery scheme involving PDVSA, described as "Venezuela's state-owned and state-controlled oil company", in USA v. Daniel D'Andrea Golindano and Luis Javier Sanchez Rangel at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

First Superseding Indictment alleging violations of the Bank Secrecy Act involving a cryptocurrency exchange known as BitMEX, of the Seychelles, in USA v. Samuel Reed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging a $99.4 million wine-based investment fraud involving Bordeaux Cellars Limited and Bordeaux Cellars London Ltd., of Hong Kong and England, respectively, USA v. Stephen Burton, a citizen of the United Kingdom, and James Wellesley at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging a $2.4 billion investment fraud and money laundering scheme involving BitConnect, which "operated a cryptocurrency investment platform and touted its various investment programs through social media", in USA v. Satish Kurjibhai Kumbhani, described as a citizen of India, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

First Superseding Indictment alleging fraud and identity theft involving "RaidForums", whose "website served as a platform where members could solicit for sale, sell, and purchase contraband," in USA v. Diogo Santos Coelho, described as a citizen and resident of Portugal, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud involving Infinity Q Capital Management in USA v. James Velissaris at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging conspiracy "with Bryan Samuel Berkman, Luis Berkman, Philip Lichtenfeld, Sergio Rodrigo Mendez Mendizabal, and other persons, known and unknown" to launder the proceeds of corruption in Bolivia in USA v. Arturo Carlos Murillo Prijic at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Criminal Indictment for alleged securities fraud regarding a crypto-based "multi-level marketing scheme" that "raised at least approximately $70 million from the sale of enrollment packages to more than 8,000 investors around the world" and involved entities in Hong Kong and Panama in USA v. John Barksdale at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging Ukraine-Russia sanctions violations in USA v. John Hanick, a.k.a. Jack Hanick, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment alleging tax evasion involving, inter alia, entities in Anguilla and Sint Maarten in USA v. James C. Jones, Jr. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Editor's Note: The indictment was filed under seal at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia on August 20th, 2020 and removed to federal court in Fort Lauderdale and unsealed on October 29th, 2021.

Criminal Indictment for conspiracy to commit fraud in USA v. Joseph Cammarata, Erik Cohen, and David Punturieri at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.