launder
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The Treasury Department also sanctioned the manager of Bank Melli’s Dubai branch and sanctioned a Hong Kong-based front company that it said had helped launder funds for a sanctioned Iranian exchange house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Shell companies are dangerous because they are used both by criminal organizations to evade sanctions and launder money and by the rich to avoid taxes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
North Korea’s Lazarus Group External link, among the most sophisticated crypto-enabled criminal organizations in the world, relied heavily on the DeFi mixer Tornado Cash to launder funds.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
Investigators also identified a shell company possibly used to launder the advertising revenue, which totaled to around $6.2 million, and an investment of $200,000 in cryptocurrency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
I launder the napkins and tablecloths entirely at my own discretion.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control also designated three leaders and supporters of an Iran-aligned militia in Iraq, Kataib Hezbollah, as well as a business that it says moves and launders funds for the organization.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
“Today, Treasury is sanctioning Tornado Cash, a virtual currency mixer that launders the proceeds of cybercrimes, including those committed against victims in the United States,” Nelson said.
From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2022
But the game launders this good idea into a bad one by making many enemies invulnerable unless your character has reached a certain level.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2020
Bethany launders them in-house and places them in a tub in the entryway, for workers to don each day after taking their temperature and passing a screening.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 3, 2020
Excellent crystals, usually of a brownish colour arranged in groups, are often found in the brine-chambers and the launders used in salt-works.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
When you’ve done that, you can start to feel the excitement of owning a freshly laundered $100 bill.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Treasury also designated the two exchanges “terror assets” and said Zanjani had laundered money and provided funding for Revolutionary Guard projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
The whole letter is Bezos’ grievance talking, laundered through one of his fixers.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2026
The US Department of Justice later launched a major probe, alleging that stolen Malaysian funds were laundered through the US financial system and used to buy luxury assets.
From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025
A few garments hung out of the windows, limp and crinkled, as though they had been recently laundered.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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Saab faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for the money laundering charge, but his sentence and the forfeiture amount will depend on his cooperation with US authorities.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
A spokesperson for Zanjani said he hasn’t “relied upon any cryptocurrency exchange for the purpose of money laundering or sanction evasion.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Last year, he was given an unconditional pardon by US President Donald Trump over a breach of anti-money laundering laws at his crypto trading platform, BitMEX, to which he had pleaded guilty in 2022.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
In 2025, the former West Bromwich branch of MPK was fined £2,150 by the government for failing to comply with the UK's money laundering regulations.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
So while Osage boys at other institutions learned farming and carpentry, Mollie was trained in the “domestic arts”: sewing, baking, laundering, and housekeeping.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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