money laundering

[Kwality]

Bikie boss’ mum, sister accused of laundering ‘dirty money’ - News Nation USA

The mother and sister of infamous Comanchero boss Raymond Cilli have been charged over the alleged attempted laundering of almost $1 million, that police

newsnationusa.com

Mother & sister of Perth Comanchero (well known?) Ray Cilli.

Bikie boss’ mum, sister accused of laundering ‘dirty money’

The mother and sister of infamous Comanchero boss Raymond Cilli have been charged over the alleged attempted laundering of almost $1 million that police say was the proceeds of the bikie’s drug enterprise.

thewest.com.au

Comancheros ‘WA’s biggest drug dealers’: AFP

Police have described the ultra-violent bikie gang as public enemy number one when it came to inflicting drugs misery on Western Australia.

thewest.com.au

& back before Xmas, also in Perth:

Vape store owner admits burying drugs in bush across Perth

A vape business owner who buried 15kgs of meth in bushland across Perth which was then allegedly dug up by a senior Hells Angel bikie is facing a lengthy jail term after admitting to money laundering offences.

thewest.com.au

Not across the WA bikie scene so if anyone can add anything it would be appreciated. Dont have a source to The Wests articles.

 

[viesun]

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[Kwality]

It was so interesting to watch all the videos you have shared, I have never been so concentrated in my life. I love playing poker games a lot especially since I play them since my childhood. I used to play with my friends but then decided to play more professionally and went to casinos. However, I have decided to play only online as in a casino I was losing track of time.
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Two men have been charged over an alleged money laundering and drug supply syndicate in Sydney after police seized nearly $1.2 million in cash, drugs and jewellery.
The men, aged 26 and 30, were arrested and taken to Merrylands Police Station after being pulled over in a Toyota Hilux on Kleins Road at Westmead at about 12.30pm on March 24.
The two men are allegedly involved in a criminal syndicate suspected of money laundering and illegal drug supply which Strike Force Aldred detectives from the Organised Crime Squad's Anti Money Laundering Unit have been investigating.

During an initial search of the Hilux, police seized more than $12,000 cash, mobile phones and cocaine.
A further $300,000 in cash was then located within a hidden compartment in the car.
Later that day, investigators executed search warrants at homes at Cabramatta and Kenthurst, and at a business at Castle Hill where officers seized more than $860,000 cash.

$1.2m in cash and jewellery seized as alleged money laundering syndicated busted

Two men have been charged over an alleged money laundering and drug supply syndicate in Sydney after police...

www.9news.com.au

 

[Kwality]

Here is a failure to launder money:

Perth man forfeits $4m of unexplained wealth after probe

A WA businessman has handed over $4 million in unexplained cash and assets to the Commonwealth after a two-year money laundering and tax fraud investigation. Nick Ivanina, 60, was forced to forfeit millions he kept in Australian and Thailand bank accounts under the names of a relative and...

www.6pr.com.au

A WA businessman has handed over $4 million in unexplained cash and assets to the Commonwealth after a two-year money laundering and tax fraud investigation.

Nick Ivanina, 60, was forced to forfeit millions he kept in Australian and Thailand bank accounts under the names of a relative and business associate, as well as his Burswood apartment, after the Australian Federal Police-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce pursued a tip-off about suspicious international banking activity.

 

[craffles]

Ironic that the banks and authorities say that one of the reasons that crypto should be highly regulated is due proceeds from crime. Government also raise a lot of revenue from poker machines and are likely to turn a blind eye.

Westpac smacked with biggest fine in Australian corporate history

Westpac reaches a deal with Australia's financial crime watchdog to settle more than 23 million alleged breaches of anti-money laundering laws by paying a record $1.3 billion penalty.

www.abc.net.au

Not really ironic. Crypto was literally born from being used on the dark web to facilitate transactions for kiddy pr0n, hitmen and other. Crypto is legit rubbish and will go down in history as the biggest ponzee scheme in history with blokes like Musk at the top

 

[Kwality]

Police seize more than $10 million in assets from Canberra money launderer

www.9news.com.au

A major money laundering investigation has seen a 35-year-old man charged by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) after they uncovered more than $10 million in assets across the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
The ACT man was charged on Thursday with one count of dealing with property using crime proceeds after eight ACT homes, four luxury cars, and millions of dollars worth of cash and cryptocurrency were seized.
Police said the cars combined were worth more than $800,000, and that the man held 28 bank accounts and about $600,000 in cryptocurrency.

 

[utility]

Police seize more than $10 million in assets from Canberra money launderer

www.9news.com.au

A major money laundering investigation has seen a 35-year-old man charged by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) after they uncovered more than $10 million in assets across the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
The ACT man was charged on Thursday with one count of dealing with property using crime proceeds after eight ACT homes, four luxury cars, and millions of dollars worth of cash and cryptocurrency were seized.
Police said the cars combined were worth more than $800,000, and that the man held 28 bank accounts and about $600,000 in cryptocurrency.

One charge? I wonder if they have more planned or not... they need to have "reasonable grounds".

CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 195 Dealing with property suspected of being proceeds of crime

www5.austlii.edu.au

 

[Kwality]

Financial crimes regulator Austrac’s massive Federal Court legal action filed earlier Wednesday will be deflating reading for Cooke on whose shoulders it falls to win back a casino licence in two states where Star operates; drive a cultural revolution among senior staff and at least attempt to establish regulatory trust as well as form some reputation of being a good corporate citizen.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/austrac-sting-exposes-industrial-scale-of-stars-board-and-management-failures/news-story/c4edb5b8bbba1148ada622d941438189

“Customer 84”, who was publicly named as being under investigation for money-laundering and was subject of a NSW exclusion order bet more than $300m at Star’s Queensland casino over four years. It has emerged “Customer 84” was likely to have been flown to Queensland by Star and given accommodation right up until January this year.


Customer 83 was one bad apple who was at the centre of criminal investigations, including murder, shooting someone and arson, according to the Austrac’s court filing.

NSW Police issued an exclusion order on the customer in 2015 at Star’s Sydney casino, but Customer 83 continued to bet millions of dollars at Star’s Queensland sites for the next five years. It is very likely the customer was encouraged as a big gambler and was given casino benefits, even as he was publicly alleged to have been the head of an organised crime gang.

Curiously, Star’s Queensland business knew about the NSW ban from 2015. The same customer made it on Star’s bad actors list but was removed as a topic to be discussed in 2019 at one of Star’s risk assessment meetings until he was finally banned from the Queensland casinos in 2021.