大纪元时报前CFO认罪 涉洗钱6700万美元
SOURCE / Justice.gov-News · Chief Financial Officer Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Launder $67 Million Dollars In Fraud Proceeds
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Chief Financial Officer Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Launder $67 Million Dollars In Fraud Proceeds
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United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that WEIDONG GUAN, a/k/a “Bill Guan,” the former Chief Financial Officer of The Epoch Times Association, Inc. (the “Epoch Times”), an international media company headquartered in New York, New York, pled guilty yesterday to participating in a conspiracy to engage in transactions involving criminal proceeds as part of a transnational scheme to launder at least approximately $67 million of illegally obtained funds to benefit, among others, the Epoch Times.
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美国纽约南区联邦检察官杰伊·克莱顿宣布，国际媒体公司《大纪元时报》前首席财务官关卫东（Weidong Guan，又名Bill Guan）于昨日认罪，承认参与一项跨国洗钱阴谋，作为该计划的一部分进行涉及犯罪收益的交易，洗钱至少约6700万美元的非法所得，并使《大纪元时报》等受益。
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本案表明非金融行业机构通过他人账户转移犯罪收益并用于自身运营，暴露受益所有人穿透审查的缺失，是国际反洗钱义务扩展的重要信号。
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本案表明非金融行业机构通过他人账户转移犯罪收益并用于自身运营，暴露受益所有人穿透审查的缺失，是国际反洗钱义务扩展的重要信号。
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