A Bulgarian national was sentenced to 10 years and one month in prison for operating an online auction fraud that posted ads on craigslist and eBay for high-cost goods like vehicles that did not actually exist. The buyer’s payment then went through a complex money laundering scheme where someone in the U.S. would receive the payment, convert it to cryptocurrency, and then transfer it to foreign money launderers. The man sentenced had laundered nearly $5 million in cryptocurrency over three years. (https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/owner-bitcoin-exchange-sentenced-prison-money-laundering)
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