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The individual is accused of conspiring to open bank accounts in the state for fraudulent companies in order to perpetuate the business emailcompromise (BEC) scam, which involves issuing fake invoices to companies' accounts payable departments. The individual pleaded guilty to wire fraud and moneylaundering conspiracy.
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Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York charged four operators of a purported international digital-currency “Ponzi scheme” with moneylaundering and fraud. A month earlier, the U.S.
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