Shukhratjon Mirsaidov, Money Laundering, New York 2024

A former executive of an international airline has been sentenced to 1 year and 1 day in prison for his role in a money laundering scheme.

Shukhratjon Mirsaidov, who served as a senior executive for the airline with a hub at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering.

According to authorities, Mirsaidov and his co-conspirator, Shukhrat Abdullaev, used a U.S. company bank account for the airline to launder hundreds of thousands of dollars in healthcare fraud proceeds.

Between June 2019 and August 2021, Mirsaidov deposited over 100 checks drawn from accounts controlled by seven shell companies into the airline’s bank account. The checks were issued by shell companies used to launder healthcare fraud proceeds.

Mirsaidov obtained the checks from Abdullaev, who obtained them from the perpetrators of the healthcare fraud scheme. The duo collected cash generated from airline ticket sales and fees and used it to cash the shell company checks.

Abdullaev gave the cash generated from the airline ticket sales and fees to the perpetrators controlling the shell companies.

U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska imposed Mirsaidov’s sentence on Tuesday, following his guilty plea to conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Acting U.S. Attorney Edward Y. Kim said the case demonstrates that the office will continue to root out money laundering schemes, no matter how sophisticated.

Mirsaidov’s co-conspirator, Shukhrat Abdullaev, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for his role in the scheme.

Abdullaev used the airline’s bank account to launder funds represented to be healthcare fraud proceeds in a series of sting transactions with law enforcement.

The airline’s bank account was used to launder $210,000 in fraud proceeds, with $190,000 deposited into the account by Mirsaidov and Abdullaev.

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