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Payza y dos hermanos canadienses acusados de operar un negocio de servicios monetarios sin licencia y lavado de dinero
Payza.com presuntamente procesó más de $ 250 millones de ganancias de esquemas Ponzi, anillos de pornografía infantil y otras empresas delictivas
WASHINGTON - Dos hermanos canadienses fueron acusados formalmente por un gran jurado federal en el Distrito de Columbia de cargos de supuestamente operar un negocio de servicios monetarios sin licencia con base en Internet que procesó más de $ 250 millones en transacciones.
El anuncio fue hecho hoy por la fiscal federal Jessie K. Liu y Patrick J. Lechleitner, agente especial a cargo de las investigaciones de seguridad nacional de la Oficina de Inmigración y Aduanas de los EE. UU. Washington, DC
The indictment was returned earlier this month and unsealed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Firoz Patel, 43, and Ferhan Patel, 37, who live in the area of Montreal, Québec, are charged with one count of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and to violate anti-money laundering program requirements, one count of a money laundering conspiracy and one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business in the District of Columbia. If convicted, each of the brothers faces a maximum sentence of more than 25 years.
MH Pillars, Ltd., doing business as Payza, is charged with operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
Ferhan Patel fue arrestado el 18 de marzo de 2018 en Detroit. Hizo su primera aparición el 19 de marzo de 2018 en el Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito Este de Michigan. Él permanece detenido en espera de nuevos procedimientos en el Distrito de Columbia. Su hermano permanece en libertad.
"El arresto y las acusaciones en este caso demuestran que aplicaremos enérgicamente leyes destinadas a proteger al consumidor estadounidense", dijo el fiscal federal Liu. "Se requiere que las empresas que transmiten dinero estén registradas federalmente y con licencia en la mayoría de los estados y jurisdicciones, incluido el Distrito de Columbia. Los consumidores deben tener cuidado con aquellos que no siguen estas leyes porque podrían estar actuando como una tapadera para otras actividades ilegales ".
“I am proud of the skilled and professional teams of investigators and attorneys involved in today’s indictment and commend their efforts,” said Special Agent in Charge Lechleitner of HSI Washington. “Through this type of routine interagency cooperation we ensure our safe, reliable and just society.”
The indictment alleges that the criminal activity took place from in or about March 2012 until the present. The defendants, through Payza.com, are accused of operating a money transmitting business that operated without the necessary state licenses and knowingly transmitting funds that were derived from illegal activity. Despite receiving cease and desist letters from various states, and being told by a consultant that operating a money transmission business without the necessary licenses was a crime, Firoz and Ferhan Patel continued their illegal activity, the indictment alleges.
The indictment alleges that the Patels, together with other co-conspirators, are responsible for transmitting over $250 million throughout the United States and elsewhere. The investigation is continuing.
According to the indictment, Payza’s customers included Ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes and a child pornography site. The Patels opened bank accounts in the United States and laundered their illegal proceeds through those accounts.
The indictment also seeks forfeiture of any property involved in these offenses or traceable to these offenses. In addition, the indictment seeks the specific forfeiture of approximately $10 million that has already been seized and frozen.
Further information is available to the public at Access Denied.
An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed a violation of criminal laws and is not evidence of guilt. Every defendant is presumed innocent until, and unless, proven guilty.
This case is being investigated by Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, Washington Field office. It is being prosecuted and investigated by Assistant U.S. Attorney Zia Faruqui and Arvind K. Lal, Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section. Assistance has been provided by Assistant U.S. Attorneys John P. Marston and Diane Lucas; former Assistant U.S. Attorney Catherine K. Connelly; Paralegal Specialists C. Rosalind Pressley and Toni Donato; Victim/Witness Advocate Yvonne Bryant; Document Management Analyst Basizette Stribling; Legal Assistant Jessica McCormick; and Litigation Technology Specialists Ron Royal and Joshua Ellen.
Sin duda alguna la peor noticia de este 2018 para los negocios por internet!!!
FUENTE: Payza and Two Canadian Brothers Accused of Operating an Unlicensed Money Service Business and Money Laundering | ICE
Payza.com presuntamente procesó más de $ 250 millones de ganancias de esquemas Ponzi, anillos de pornografía infantil y otras empresas delictivas
WASHINGTON - Dos hermanos canadienses fueron acusados formalmente por un gran jurado federal en el Distrito de Columbia de cargos de supuestamente operar un negocio de servicios monetarios sin licencia con base en Internet que procesó más de $ 250 millones en transacciones.
El anuncio fue hecho hoy por la fiscal federal Jessie K. Liu y Patrick J. Lechleitner, agente especial a cargo de las investigaciones de seguridad nacional de la Oficina de Inmigración y Aduanas de los EE. UU. Washington, DC
The indictment was returned earlier this month and unsealed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Firoz Patel, 43, and Ferhan Patel, 37, who live in the area of Montreal, Québec, are charged with one count of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and to violate anti-money laundering program requirements, one count of a money laundering conspiracy and one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business in the District of Columbia. If convicted, each of the brothers faces a maximum sentence of more than 25 years.
MH Pillars, Ltd., doing business as Payza, is charged with operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
Ferhan Patel fue arrestado el 18 de marzo de 2018 en Detroit. Hizo su primera aparición el 19 de marzo de 2018 en el Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito Este de Michigan. Él permanece detenido en espera de nuevos procedimientos en el Distrito de Columbia. Su hermano permanece en libertad.
"El arresto y las acusaciones en este caso demuestran que aplicaremos enérgicamente leyes destinadas a proteger al consumidor estadounidense", dijo el fiscal federal Liu. "Se requiere que las empresas que transmiten dinero estén registradas federalmente y con licencia en la mayoría de los estados y jurisdicciones, incluido el Distrito de Columbia. Los consumidores deben tener cuidado con aquellos que no siguen estas leyes porque podrían estar actuando como una tapadera para otras actividades ilegales ".
“I am proud of the skilled and professional teams of investigators and attorneys involved in today’s indictment and commend their efforts,” said Special Agent in Charge Lechleitner of HSI Washington. “Through this type of routine interagency cooperation we ensure our safe, reliable and just society.”
The indictment alleges that the criminal activity took place from in or about March 2012 until the present. The defendants, through Payza.com, are accused of operating a money transmitting business that operated without the necessary state licenses and knowingly transmitting funds that were derived from illegal activity. Despite receiving cease and desist letters from various states, and being told by a consultant that operating a money transmission business without the necessary licenses was a crime, Firoz and Ferhan Patel continued their illegal activity, the indictment alleges.
The indictment alleges that the Patels, together with other co-conspirators, are responsible for transmitting over $250 million throughout the United States and elsewhere. The investigation is continuing.
According to the indictment, Payza’s customers included Ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes and a child pornography site. The Patels opened bank accounts in the United States and laundered their illegal proceeds through those accounts.
The indictment also seeks forfeiture of any property involved in these offenses or traceable to these offenses. In addition, the indictment seeks the specific forfeiture of approximately $10 million that has already been seized and frozen.
Further information is available to the public at Access Denied.
An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed a violation of criminal laws and is not evidence of guilt. Every defendant is presumed innocent until, and unless, proven guilty.
This case is being investigated by Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, Washington Field office. It is being prosecuted and investigated by Assistant U.S. Attorney Zia Faruqui and Arvind K. Lal, Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section. Assistance has been provided by Assistant U.S. Attorneys John P. Marston and Diane Lucas; former Assistant U.S. Attorney Catherine K. Connelly; Paralegal Specialists C. Rosalind Pressley and Toni Donato; Victim/Witness Advocate Yvonne Bryant; Document Management Analyst Basizette Stribling; Legal Assistant Jessica McCormick; and Litigation Technology Specialists Ron Royal and Joshua Ellen.
Sin duda alguna la peor noticia de este 2018 para los negocios por internet!!!
FUENTE: Payza and Two Canadian Brothers Accused of Operating an Unlicensed Money Service Business and Money Laundering | ICE
