Posts Tagged ‘money laundering’
DOJ鈥檚 Fraud Division Secure Revocations Against Cartel & Trafficking-linked Business Entities
The Delaware Department of Justice has secured revocations of corporate charters or certificates of formation on multiple Delaware-registered business entities that are connected to criminal entities. This includes a Venezuelan cartel and a federally sanctioned online pharmacy based in Argentina. After a November hearing, the Delaware Court of Chancery canceled the corporate charter of Water…
Read MoreNewark Woman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud & Money Laundering in Connection with CARES Act Fraud
David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that a Newark woman pleaded guilty February 24, 2022, to fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan and illegally spending those loan proceeds. Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly accepted the plea. According to court documents, between March 30, 2020, and January 24,…
Read MoreECI CO Convicted on Charged of Racketeering and Conspiracy
The final defendant has been convicted of federal racketeering at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover, Maryland.聽 A federal jury convicted correctional officer 28 year old Jessica Vennie of Texas of racketeering, as well as drug and money laundering conspiracies.聽 Sixteen of 18 correctional officers charged were convicted.聽 A total of 77 out of 80…
Read MoreECI Inmate Convicted of Racketeering
An inmate from the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover has been convicted of racketeering.聽 Justice officials say 43 year old Ternell Lucas has been found guilty of bribery conspiracy, bribery of a public employee, drug offenses and money laundering at the prison.聽 Officials say that from 2014 until October of 2016, correctional officers smuggled contraband…
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