MLARS Press Releases - 2023

Year 2023

• Member of International Money Laundering Network Pleads Guilty to Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds (May 23, 2023)
• Former DEA Agent, KCPD Officer Pleads Guilty to False Tax Return Related to Payday Loan Scheme (May 23, 2023)
• Man Charged for Alleged Participation in $45M CoinDeal Investment Fraud Scheme Involving Over 10,000 Victims (May 19, 2023)
• Former Fugitive Pleads Guilty to Laundering Money Embezzled from Kuwaiti Embassy (May 16, 2023)
• Delaware Man and Woman Charged with Sex and Labor Trafficking of 13 Victims (May 11, 2023)
• Dallas Woman Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Non-U.S. Citizens Resulting in Migrant’s Death (May 11, 2023)
• Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller Delivers Remarks at the Ethics and Compliance Initiative IMPACT Conference (May 3, 2023)
• Largest International Operation Against Darknet Trafficking of Fentanyl and Opioids Results in Record Arrests and Seizures (May 2, 2023)
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Deliver Remarks Announcing Results of the Largest International Operation Against Darknet Trafficking of Fentanyl and Opioids (May 2, 2023)
• North Korean Foreign Trade Bank Representative Charged in Crypto Laundering Conspiracies (April 24, 2023)
• Thai Woman Sentenced for Her Role in International Sex Trafficking Conspiracy (April 24, 2023)
• Former Professional Wrestler Charged with Theft of Millions of Dollars in Federal Funds Intended for Needy Families (April 20, 2023)
• Second Conspirator in Russia-Ukraine Sanctions Violation Case Arrested (April 19, 2023)
• Mobile Resident Convicted on all Counts at Fraud and Identity Theft Trial (April 17, 2023)
• President of Metalhouse LLC Indicted for Sanctions Evasion and International Money Laundering (April 17, 2023)
• Mobile Resident Convicted on all Counts at Fraud and Identity Theft Trial (April 17, 2023)
• Readout of U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s Meeting with Singapore Attorney General Lucien Wong (April 10, 2023)
• Justice Department Announces Total Distribution of Over $6B to Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism (April 10, 2023)
• Los Angeles Businessman, Utah Fuel Plant Operators and Employees Sentenced to Prison for Billion-Dollar Biofuel Tax Fraud Scheme (April 7, 2023)
• Former San Diego Police Officer and Others Plead Guilty to Crimes Stemming from Operation of Illicit Massage Businesses (April 4, 2023)
• Former Baldwin County Pain Doctor Sentenced to Four Years in Prison (March 31, 2023)
• Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Role in International Human Smuggling and Cocaine Distribution Scheme (March 30, 2023)
• Justice Department Recovers Over $53M in Profits Obtained from Corruption in the Nigerian Oil Industry (March 27, 2023)
• Two Co-Conspirators Indicted for Role in Prolific, Global Human Smuggling Conspiracy (March 22, 2023)
• Justice Department Announces Historic Guatemalan Human Smuggling Extraditions at Joint Task Force Alpha Summit (March 16, 2023)
• Former Goldman Sachs Investment Banker Sentenced in $2.7B Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme (March 9, 2023)
• United States Obtains Warrant for Seizure of Airplane Owned by Russian Oil Company Valued at More Than $25 Million (March 8, 2023)
• Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. Delivers Keynote at the ABA’s 38th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime (March 3, 2023)
• Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco Delivers Remarks at American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime (March 2, 2023)
• Man Extradited from Peru on International Money Laundering Charges (February 22, 2023)
• United States to Repatriate Nearly $1 Million to Federal Republic of Nigeria (February 16, 2023)
• Deputy Assistant Attorney General Lisa H. Miller Delivers Remarks at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law on Corporate Enforcement and Compliance (February 16, 2023)
• Nearly 40,000 Victims Receive Over $115M in Compensation for Fraud Schemes Processed by MoneyGram, (February 10, 2023)
• Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Delivers Remarks at OVC's Anti-Trafficking Commemorative Event (January 26, 2023)
• Dental Practice Owners Charged with Fraud and RICO Conspiracy (January 25, 2023)
• Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. Delivers Remarks on Revisions to the Criminal Division’s Corporate Enforcement Policy (January 17, 2023)
• Man Sentenced for Integral Role in Sophisticated International Fraud Scheme (January 9, 2023)