Tag: Money laundering
Ex-head of NYC homeless housing group charged with fraud
NEW YORK — The former top executive of a New York City homeless housing group that is one of the city's largest was arrested...
Ex-top aide to former Maltese PM charged with corruption
ROME — A former top government aide in Malta who was investigated by a journalist later killed by a car bomb has been arraigned...
Prosecutors throw the book at money launderer for Venezuela
MIAMI — Federal prosecutors in Miami are seeking a stiff prison sentence against a U.S.-based money manager they claim is hindering their efforts to...
Miami judge rejects Maduro ally’s request to dismiss charges
MIAMI — A federal judge in Miami has rejected a request by a prominent ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to dismiss money laundering...
Russian national pleads guilty in $150 million kickback plot
NEW BERN, N.C. — A Russian national living in North Carolina has pleaded guilty to bribery and other charges after prosecutors say he received...
West African court allows extradition to US of Venezuelan
LISBON, Portugal — Cape Verde’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a businessman close to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro who was arrested last year in...
African court orders release of ally of Maduro wanted by US
MIAMI — A regional court in West Africa has ordered the immediate release of a Venezuelan businessman close to President Nicolas Maduro, finding that...
NatWest unit faces criminal charge in money laundering case
LONDON — National Westminster Bank has been charged with violating money laundering laws in relation to 365 million pounds ($505 million) deposited into a...
Hondurans to vote in primaries amid corruption allegations
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández’s name keeps popping up in the New York trial of an alleged drug trafficker. And one...
Feds say Massachusetts man scammed 3 women out of $500,000
BOSTON — A Massachusetts man told women he met at online dating sites fantastic stories about being involved in explosions on foreign oil rigs...