launder
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Meanwhile, a "fraud blitz" involving 500 new officers will be part of a crackdown on gangs who are accused of using Post Offices and High Street shops to "launder illicit billions", the Metro reports.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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
While Epstein was best known for his connections to businessmen and politicians, he cultivated a circle of top academics that helped launder his reputation until his arrest in 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 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
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
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
He launders impropriety with a functionary’s demeanor and a spin doctor’s acumen.
From Slate ● May 2, 2019
The water, when sufficiently purified and ready to congeal, is ladled out and run off with launders into thirty troughs.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
"I think this is a shocking story of somebody who deliberately acted fraudulently and laundered money and he should be punished," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
By contrast, gold from informal mines is often laundered into regular supply chains through smaller local refineries and subsequently exported to sites in Dubai and India where it is used to make jewelry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
When you’ve done that, you can start to feel the excitement of owning a freshly laundered $100 bill.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Danicley de Aguiar, coordinator of Greenpeace Brazil's Indigenous Peoples' campaign told AFP that gold taken from protected areas was likely laundered through such schemes.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Their clothing was collected every morning, laundered meticulously, and delivered each evening.“Would you go aboard, if they invited you?”
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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The laundering earned THORChain operators at least $12 million in fees, according to Chainalysis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
Nuño, 53, has been charged with three counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering, according to the Department of Justice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Ravatomanga, currently being held in Mauritius, faces accusations of money laundering and influence peddling in the case.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Betancourt surfaced as a suspect in the U.S. case and is still under investigation for suspected money laundering by authorities in Spain, according to former U.S. and European officials and press reports.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
But it didn’t require any sort of genius to see the fortune to be had from the laundering of triple-B-rated bonds into triple-A-rated bonds.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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