Tag: money laundering
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10th Circuit provides guidance on police searches of cloud-based data
The Denver-based federal appeals court provided guidance to law enforcement agencies on Monday for ensuring that searches of cloud-based accounts comply with the Fourth Amendment’s requirements. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit noted that a search of information stored in the cloud is “categorically different” from searching an…
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Final defendant in Top Dollar Pawn case sentenced, fined — despite claims of innocence
The final defendant facing charges in the Top Dollar Pawn money laundering case was sentenced to five years of probation at a hearing Tuesday despite continued protests that he was unaware of the crimes taking place at the business. Each of the four defendants — Daria Mauro, Walt Mauro, Mischa Jargowsky and Jack Jargowsky —…
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Top Dollar Pawn defendant denied probation, sentenced to prison
Walt Mauro, one of the four co-defendants in the Top Dollar Pawn money-laundering case, was sentenced Tuesday to five years in the Colorado Department of Corrections with a three-year minimum for parole. Each of the four defendants — Daria Mauro, Walt Mauro, Mischa Jargowsky and Jack Jargowsky — face 29 charges, including a pattern of…
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Top Dollar Pawn defendant requests to withdraw plea prior to sentencing
One of the four co-defendants in the Top Dollar Pawn money-laundering case attempted to have his guilty plea withdrawn in court on Friday morning. Walt Mauro, 34, appeared in court on Friday for what was supposed to be a sentencing hearing after previously entering into a plea agreement with the prosecution. Instead, Mauro’s attorney, David…
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Hong Kong customs arrests 7 in a $1.8 billion money laundering case linked to transnational crime
Hong Kong customs officials have arrested seven people linked to the territory’s largest money laundering case on record, involving about $1.8 billion
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Panama ex-President Ricardo Martinelli receives political asylum from Nicaragua
Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli has received political asylum from Nicaragua days after the country’s Supreme Court denied his appeal over a money laundering conviction that carried a 10-year sentence