money back

The club and two of the parents said they had asked for refunds but had not received any money back.

The city of Fresno initially pledged $3 million for the project but pulled the money back in February, citing a budget shortfall.

Every year it clawed this money back by depositing lower royalty payments - the money it received for every barrel pumped out of the ground - with the Nigerian treasury.

Its customers will receive some of their money back, but are still toting up their losses.

Lichtenstein, who was born in Russia but grew up in the US, would then meet couriers while on family trips and move the laundered money back home, prosecutors said.