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International Con and Money Laundering: The Ironies

Over the past several years, there has been increasing concern over the threat of international money laundering operations that allow criminals to move billions of dollars illegally overseas and out of the reach of their victims. Gilbert Chikli is one of the most notorious financial con men to date, godfather of the 'Fake CEO' scam that allowed him to steal more than 8 million Euros from many of the largest corporations in the world. Despite being convicted of fraud among other things, and sentenced to seven years in a French prison, Chikli is still living freely in Israel today.

By |2024-08-21T23:31:46-04:00September 12th, 2016|Categories: Money Laundering|0 Comments

Utah Combating Affinity Fraud with White Crime Registry for Financial Crimes

In March of 2016, Utah became the first state in the country to introduce a White Collar Criminal Registry. While criminal registries are not new, for example sex offender registries have been around for over 20 years, this is the first time a state has established a public registry for white-collar offenders. This registry is now added to a growing list of registries that include arson, domestic violence, drug offenses and even an animal abuse registry in Tennessee.

By |2024-08-12T16:01:31-04:00September 12th, 2016|Categories: White Collar Criminal Defense|Tags: , |0 Comments
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