A gang of fraudsters in Brooklyn has lured nearly 5 million people out of car buyers. EUR: Lithuania transferred three salaries
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the head of the Brooklyn money laundering operation has been found guilty of nearly $ 5 million. online fraud in the sale of vehicles.
Korzha has been found guilty in a Manhattan federal court of conspiracy to commit banking fraud involving a fraudulent money laundering scheme that drew nearly $ 5 million from dozens of fraudulent consumers. euros. N. Korža admitted his guilt.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “As he acknowledged today, she led a group of conspirators who opened a bank account used to launder millions of proceeds from online vehicle fraud. Without its money laundering operation, online scammers would not have been able to profit from their illegal schemes. Korzha is now facing a custodial sentence and illegally acquired property will be confiscated.
According to the complaint and retaliation, and according to statements made in court, Korzha was the leader of the groups operating in Brooklyn from at least March 2019 to about March 2021.
Vladislavas Necejevas, Anaschovas Kamalovas, Karolas Kaminskis, Stanislavas Tunkevičius and Svetlana Vaidotienė also belonged to the latter. In coordination with Korzhai, they open bank accounts on behalf of bogus companies to launder money lured from consumers who buy vehicles online. In exchange for this, he received part of the stolen money.
Other members of the group, pretending to be car dealerships, advertised vehicles that did not belong to them and owned internet rights, fake websites whose domain names sounded like car dealership names. It has also been used on smart online platforms like Craigslist and eBay.
The alleged sellers instructed the victims, who responded to these ads and negotiated purchase prices, to transfer the money to the accounts in which the said fees were opened. After making the payments, those in charge quickly cashed the funds before the victims realized they had been deceived. Of course, they did not receive their “purchased” vehicles, nor did they get their money back. In total, at least 5.3 million of the dozens of victims have been deceived. size or almost 5 million. euros.
Korzha pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bank fraud, of which $ 5,386,538 will be confiscated. The same amount is provided for restitution. The latter’s right is a right of profit-based recovery, under which the court obliges the defendant to return his profits to the plaintiff. This should be contrasted with the right to compensation, the right to recover damages, under which the court obliges the defendant to pay damages. A U.S. district judge is scheduled to pronounce the sentence in 2022. September 7
V. Necejev, 28, has been found guilty of one of the charges against him – a conspiracy to commit bank fraud. 526 thousand will be confiscated from it. the whole. He is scheduled to hear the verdict on June 8th.
S.Tunkevičius on March 25. Lithuania was transferred to the United States. Lithuania also handed over K.Kaminskis to the USA on the 4th. S.Vaidotienė Transferred to the United States of America on April 8.
Both S.Tunkevičius and K.Kaminskis and S.Vaidotienė have been charged with bank fraud and money laundering. These allegations have not yet been fully investigated, but they have been ordered to be detained pending trial.
Conspiracy to commit bank fraud is punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years and a maximum of € 1 million. US fine. A maximum of 20 years’ imprisonment and a maximum of 500,000 sentences are provided for a conspiracy to commit a money laundering offense. U.S. fine or twice the value of the assets involved in the transaction.