Tag: Money Laundering
Bukky Olukoga, Money Laundering, Rhode Island 2020
⏱ 2 min read Bukky Olukoga, a 52-year-old Rhode Island woman, pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business that moved funds between individuals in the US and foreign countries, including Nigeria and China, from at least February 16, 2020, to April 17, 2022. Olukoga used her company, Grace’s Property Investment LLC, to receive…
Ygor Fokin Saviolli, Money Laundering, Florida 2023
⏱ 2 min read A sophisticated money laundering organization operating across the United States and several countries has been dismantled, with six Brazilian nationals pleading guilty to conspiring to launder $30 million in drug proceeds. The defendants, all residing in Orlando, included Ygor Fokin Saviolli, Gabriel Cezar Menezes, Omar Aliperti De Mello Correa, Joao Andrade…
Nana Takyiwa Adonu, Romance Scam, Maryland 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Maryland woman, Nana Takyiwa Adonu, 43, of Odenton, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison on July 22, 2026, for her role in a nationwide romance scam that exploited victims in Iowa and beyond. The scam, which involved creating fake profiles on internet dating sites and social media platforms,…
Roshan Shah, Money Laundering Conspiracy, Wisconsin 2026
⏱ 2 min read Roshan Shah, a 22-year-old Indian national, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for conspiring to commit money laundering in Wisconsin. Shah, who was attending college in Canada on a student visa, entered the US on a visitor visa to collect fraud proceeds. He and his co-conspirators in India targeted 15…
Keegan Harricharan, Money Laundering, Florida 2021
⏱ 2 min read A South Florida fundraiser, Keegan Harricharan, 42, of Coral Springs, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds. The funds, obtained through fraud, helped finance the plot to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise on July 7,…
Nicholas Parks, Marijuana Trafficking, California 2021
⏱ 2 min read Nicholas Parks, a 54-year-old California man, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in a cross-country money laundering conspiracy involving proceeds from marijuana trafficking. The scheme, which lasted from October 2020 to January 2021, involved Parks and his associates selling marijuana in Maryland and laundering the…
Okeoghene Patrick Udugba, Money Laundering and Conspiracy to Commit Wire and Mail Fraud, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 2 min read Okeoghene Patrick Udugba, a 45-year-old Nigerian national from Frisco, Texas, has been charged with money laundering and conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud in Pennsylvania. Udugba and his co-conspirators allegedly orchestrated a romance and business email compromise scheme, using social media and dating websites to groom victims into becoming money…
John Stuart Robison, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, Texas 2025
⏱ 4 min read John Stuart Robison, a 63-year-old Austin man, has been found guilty of scamming an investor out of $1 million in a wire fraud and money laundering scheme. The crime occurred in Austin, Texas, where Robison convinced the investor to pay $1 million into a business bank account controlled solely by him,…
Ronald Deabler, Money Laundering, Georgia 2023
⏱ 2 min read Ronald Deabler, a former Certified Public Accountant, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for his role in laundering $5.3 million stolen from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. The theft occurred in June 2023, when a hacker gained access to the email system of a commercial furniture vendor for the…
Derek Rockette, Cocaine Trafficking, Missouri 2019
⏱ 2 min read Derek Rockette, a 53-year-old St. Louis felon, has been involved in a large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering operation from at least 2016 to 2021. Rockette, along with others, sold cocaine and laundered the proceeds, but lost over $1.5 million of it while gambling. He attempted to repay the money to…
