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According to the indictment, the defendants sought to defraud the United States by conducting financial transactions in a manner that would conceal their true nature.

Nicaraguan authorities expelled Lawrence S. Hartman, a U.S. citizen wanted in the United States on investment fraud and money laundering charges, on Wednesday. Hartman was subsequently turned over to U.S. authorities upon his arrival in Miami.

A four-count federal indictment was unsealed in Brooklyn May 9 charging eight defendants with participating in two worldwide cyberattacks that inflicted $45 million in losses on the global financial system in a matter of hours.

Michael S. Mackay was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of mail fraud for his role in a scheme where victims applied to work-at-home ads on the Internet believing they would work as "secret shoppers" or payment processors.

The defendants allegedly made false representations, failed to pay dividends to investors since October 2012 and allocated investor money for their personal expenses instead of purchasing commodities or paying interest promised to over 50 individual investors who had invested a total of at least $4 million.

Paul Bauer of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced May 8 to three years in federal prison in a fraud conspiracy scheme that stole approximately $4 million from a Venezuelan fishing company.

A Diamond Bar woman, who along with her husband owns a Los Angeles-area toy wholesaler, was ordered Monday to serve a total of 14 months in custody for participating in an elaborate scheme known as a Black Market Peso Exchange, which is an underground money-transfer system.

Sandra Rivas, a Los Lunas, N.M., woman who worked for a local business, was sentenced Thursday to 42 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release following her conviction on bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.

A federal jury found two citizens of the United Kingdom, Paul R. Gunter and Simon Andrew Odoni, guilty Friday for their role in an international investment fraud and money laundering scheme following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the U.S. Secret Service.

Petr Murmylyuk of Brooklyn, N.Y created a fake employment-related website that offered fictitious job placement services. Murmylyuk sent e-mails with a link to his fake website through legitimate job search forums, and hundreds of people visited his site and submitted personal identifying information. He used this information to forge tax returns

Ovidiu Isac, a Romanian citizen who lived in Skokie, Ill., oversaw and directed nearly two dozen co-defendants in the United States who used their bank accounts to receive fraudulent federal income tax refunds from overseas co-conspirators.

Adebowale Ayodeji Owoaje pleaded guilty in January 2013 to four counts of wire fraud in a scheme to defraud individuals who were selling items and applying for jobs on craigslist. Using various aliases, Owoaje used e-mail to reach an agreement with the individuals on the sale price of items or terms of employment.

Thirty-four individuals and 23 entities have been indicted and accused of operating an illegal sports bookmaking business, known since 2003 as Legendz Sports, that solicited more than $1 billion in illegal bets.

A coin dealer, Gantcho Zagorski, was indicted Tuesday on charges of aiding and assisting in the filing of false federal income tax returns.

Prosecutors say the defendants wired more than $175,000 in proceeds.

A Manhattan doctor and 48 other individuals were arrested this week as a result of a long-term prescription pill investigation.

David Levy and Donna Levy of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud.

A Maryland attorney, Aaron G. Seltzer, was arrested Tuesday by special agents with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the FBI. Seltzer was indicted by a federal grand jury March 14 on nine counts of wire fraud in connection with a scheme in which he converted funds intended for real estate investments to his personal use.

A former Fresno resident, Kwan Yong Choi, is expected to make his initial appearance in federal court Tuesday on federal money laundering charges for his alleged role in a fraud scheme that bilked investors out of several million dollars.

More than a dozen members of an international money laundering scheme were indicted today in federal court in Brooklyn. The indictment reveals 19 people conspired to launder tens of millions of dollars in narcotic proceeds from the United States to Colombia between 2006 and 2013.

HSI special agents provided the family of an elderly Raleigh woman with a $45,000 check recovered from a Jamaican lottery scheme.

Twenty-eight individuals have been charged in a 97-count indictment after allegedly stealing $1.7 million from American trucking companies in a sophisticated money-wiring scheme. The indictment follows a two-year probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Federal officials Monday announced the indictment of six defendants for their alleged role in a multi-state prostitution ring that recruited women from Asia to serve as sex workers and then required them to pay off as much as $60,000 in smuggling debts.

Christopher Andre Devine was sentenced Friday to 121 months in prison for conspiring to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to use the personal identifying information of individuals to open bank accounts and fraudulently obtain cash, merchandise and services.

A Bahamian man, Rohan Spicer, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly attempting to smuggle approximately $1.2 million to the Bahamas.