Tweet Kim Rothstein, the so-called “free-spending” wife of Scott Rothstein, was sentenced to 18 months in jail yesterday for plotting to hide over $1 million worth of jewelry to avoid it being seized as proceeds of crime. Mr. Rothstein is a former lawyer incarcerated for running a $1.4 billion Ponzi scheme through the trust accounts […]
Tweet After more than a year, the Securities and Exchange Commission has released draft crowdfunding equity rules (the “Rules“) for comment under the U.S. Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act“). The JOBS Act was brought into force in 2012 in an effort to facilitate the injection of capital in growing companies and start-ups. With respect to crowdfunding, its […]
Tweet Money laundering conviction The US government announced that one of the co-founders of Liberty Reserve, Vladimir Kats, pleaded guilty to money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business yesterday. The US government found that Liberty Reserve was one of the world’s most popular virtual currency services. It’s co-founders were indicted in the U.S. in […]
Tweet The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ“) announced that it has resolved its money laundering investigation into the Las Vegas Sands Corp. pursuant to which Sands will pay US$47 million to avoid criminal prosecution in connection with funds gambled by high rollers at its Venetian casino in Las Vegas. The DOJ was investigating Sands for failure to […]
Tweet Human trafficking – a serious and growing problem According to a report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the revenues of human traffickers is estimated to range from $5 billion to $9 billion annually. And according to a US State Department report published in 2011, approximately 12 million people, primarily women and […]
Tweet The 2013 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (“INCSR“) published this month by the U.S. Department of State, particularly volume I on the drug trafficking trade, is more favourable of Canada than the last two years, primarily as a result of the enactment in Canada of the Omnibus Crime Bill C-10, know as the Safe Streets […]
Tweet Former escort admits to money laundering Natalia McLennan, once touted as New York’s most expensive escort at $2,000 per hour, pleaded guilty to money laundering in New York City in connection with the operation of the New York escort agency, New York Confidential, where she worked as a prostitute. McLennan, who is from Montreal, […]
Tweet The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, Rod J. Rosenstein, today announced that Bodog Entertainment Group S.A. has been indicted for money laundering conspiracy and operating an illegal gambling business that provided services to U.S. customers in the U.S. Also indicted were Calvin Ayre, James Philip, David Ferguson and Derrick Maloney, all from […]
Tweet A former executive at Bennett Environmental Inc., a Canadian based corporation that treats and disposes of contaminated soil was sentenced to 50 months in prison today for money laundering and defrauding the EPA. The executive, Robert Griffiths, was also ordered to pay restitution of US$4.6 million. Griffiths pleaded guilty in 2009 to defrauding the […]
Tweet James Rosemond, also known as Jimmy Henchman, a well-known hip-hop talent manager for several singers, including Sean Kingston and The Game, was charged at the beginning of July by the U.S. Department of Justice, Eastern District of New York, on money laundering and other charges in a thirteen-count superseding indictment based on allegations that […]