Sep 08 Steve Bannon pleads not guilty to laundering money donated to build border wall By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump's longtime ally Steve Bannon has pleaded not guilty to New York state charges of duping donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Sep 08 Bannon charged in New York with laundering money raised to build border wall By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon surrendered Thursday to face state money laundering and conspiracy charges in New York alleging he duped donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Feb 08 Justice Department announces seizure of $3.6 billion in laundered cryptocurrency, 2 arrests By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department has announced its largest-ever financial seizure — more than $3.5 billion — and the arrests of a New York couple accused of conspiring to launder billions of dollars in cryptocurrency. Continue reading
Aug 21 With Bannon arrest, federal prosecutors ensnare another member of Trump’s inner circle By Jim Mustian, Associated Press Legal observers say that new wire fraud charges against Steve Bannon show virtually no one in President Donald Trump's inner circle is immune from federal scrutiny. Continue reading
Oct 27 U.S. charges 61 defendants in call center scam based in India By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department has charged 61 defendants in the United States and abroad in connection with a call center operation that officials say is based in India. Continue reading
Jun 04 Trump OK’d business partner with alleged Iran laundering ties By Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press Six months before he entered the presidential race, Donald Trump announced a new real estate project in Baku, Azerbaijan. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 9:53 How U.S. regulation may keep remittances from some Somali families By Elisabeth Ponsot According to community leaders in Minneapolis-St. Paul, 80 percent of the Somali-Americans there send money back to East Africa. Aid groups say 40 percent of Somalia’s population relies on those dollars -- known as remittances -- to survive. But recently,… Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch British Bank HSBC Makes $2 Billion Settlement on Money Laundering Charges British Bank HSBC Makes $2 Billion Settlement on Money Laundering Charges… Continue watching
Jun 29 Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years in Prison By Admin, PBS News Hour Financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison after pleading guilty in March to bilking investors out of as much as $65 billion over two decades. Continue reading
Dec 05 One Count Against DeLay Dismissed; Money Laundering Charges Remains By Admin, PBS News Hour The judge presiding over the case against former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay handed the Texas Republican a partial victory Monday when he tossed out conspiracy charges but allowed money laundering charges to remain. Continue reading