Tag: Money Laundering
Incline Heist: Lawyer Pilfers $1.3M
⏱ 3 min read Pittsburgh attorney Christopher Furman, 53, stands accused of a cold-blooded betrayal of the historic Duquesne Incline. Between October 2024 and September 2025, the man tasked with *protecting* the iconic incline’s finances allegedly siphoned off over $1.3 million for a personal crypto scheme. Furman, who served as President of the Board of…
Crypto Laundering: Puerto Rico Duo Nabbed
⏱ 3 min read Two alleged money launderers are cooling their heels in a Puerto Rico jail after a transatlantic takedown. Pedro J. Espinal-Arthur and Luis Febles-Peralta were extradited from the Dominican Republic on March 11, 2026, to face federal charges for washing drug proceeds through cryptocurrency. The schemes allegedly ran from April 2021 through…
Fake Pills, Real Money: Laundering Scheme Lands Man in Fed Lockup
⏱ 3 min read Jimmy Fu, 64, of West Hills, California, is headed to federal prison after admitting he laundered nearly $689,697 for shady online pharmacies flooding the US with fake pills, starting around November 2022. The year-and-a-day sentence, handed down in Boston today, closes a case exposing how criminals exploit financial networks to fuel…
Grandpa’s Nightmare: $5M Elder Scam
⏱ 3 min read Gerardo Heriberto Nuñez Nuñez, 42, is cooling his heels in a Boston lockup, extradited from the Dominican Republic to answer for his alleged role in a ruthless scheme that ripped off hundreds of grandparents. The scam, run from a Dominican call center, netted over $5 million by preying on the fears…
Crypto Cash & Kingpins: DR to PR
⏱ 3 min read Two alleged drug money launderers are cooling their heels in a Puerto Rico jail after being extradited from the Dominican Republic this week. Pedro J. Espinal-Arthur and Luis Febles-Peralta are accused of funneling millions in drug cash through cryptocurrency in an attempt to hide its origins. The pair were arrested January…
Detroit Seizure: $15M in Cartel Cash
⏱ 3 min read Detroit federal agents just shut down a $14.9 million money laundering pipeline funnelling drug cash from international cartels into the U.S. financial system. The seizure happened earlier this year, but details were unsealed Friday. The operation involved a classic “trade-based money laundering” scheme – dirty money disguised as legitimate import/export transactions,…
