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Miami FBI agents accuse man in North Korean money laundering scheme
Miami FBI agents accuse Victor Jose Tomassoni, a Venezuelan-Italian civil engineer, of laundering over $550,000 linked to North Korean IT workers evading U.S. sanctions. Prosecutors allege Tomassoni used shell companies to conceal funds from IT workers posing as foreign contractors, with authorities claiming the scheme benefited North Korea's regime.
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