Money Laundering Archives

Customs and Border Patrol is Seizing Travelers’ Cash

At airports throughout the United States, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officers are seizing travelers’ cash when coming into and leaving the country for failure to report the cash. Regular international travelers may be familiar with the Customs forms airlines hand out just prior to arrival in the United States. On the form you must declare goods purchased during your international travel, as well as any cash in excess of $10,000. Most people do not realize, however, that you must also declare any cash in excess of $10,000 before you leave the United States, as well.

By Robert G. Stahl, Esq.|2024-08-12T11:55:49-04:00July 8th, 2019|Categories: Money Laundering, Police|Tags: Money Laundering|0 Comments

How the IRS Uses Artificial Intelligence to Detect Tax Evaders

Budget cuts and a significant drop in Special Agents that investigate criminal tax crimes has led the IRS to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to uncover criminal tax activities. In a recent webcast hosted by the American Bar Association, the IRS revealed that research and investigative techniques that used to take weeks or months may now be accomplished in minutes with technology the IRS is rolling out to detect taxpayer noncompliance.

By Robert G. Stahl, Esq.|2024-08-09T12:07:40-04:00December 6th, 2018|Categories: Tax Fraud|Tags: Money Laundering, Tax Fraud|0 Comments

The President’s Tweets Undermine Our System of Justice

With Tuesday’s convictions in the criminal trial of President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III, has garnered five guilty pleas and 32 indicted individuals still pending. In addition, yesterday’s guilty plea in the S.D.N.Y., by Michael Cohen, the president’s former lawyer and self-styled fixer, admitting to making payments to two women who allegedly had affairs with President Trump in violation of campaign finance laws at the direction of the President along with other charges, demonstrate that our system of justice is working as it should.

By Robert G. Stahl, Esq.|2024-08-12T12:35:17-04:00August 23rd, 2018|Categories: Tax Fraud|Tags: Money Laundering, Tax Fraud|0 Comments

NJ Money Laundering Corruption Case

The spiritual leader of Syrian Jews in the United States, Brooklyn, New York was sentenced to two years' house arrest in June 2011. They were one of 46 defendants, including three rabbis, charged as a result of a federal sting in New Jersey's biggest corruption case. Originally charged with money laundering, the defendant pled guilty to a reduced charge of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.

By Robert G. Stahl, Esq.|2024-08-12T12:38:10-04:00September 12th, 2016|Categories: Money Laundering, Significant Criminal Defense Cases|Tags: 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 Robert G. Stahl, Esq.|2024-08-12T16:01:31-04:00September 12th, 2016|Categories: White Collar Criminal Defense|Tags: Embezzlement, Money Laundering|0 Comments