Money laundering cases

Chokwe Antar Lumumba

Chokwe Antar Lumumba, mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, pleaded guilty to bribery, wire fraud, and money laundering charges following an FBI investigation and sting operation.

• Bribery
• Fraud
• Money laundering

Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh

Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh is alleged to have orchestrated a $250 million fraud scheme targeting a federal child nutrition program through fraudulent meal sites, shell companies, and a pay-to-play arrangement. He is charged with 31 counts including wire fraud, bribery, and money laundering.

• Fraud
• Bribery
• Money laundering

A chief of staff to former New York Mayor Eric Adams is charged with bribery, money laundering, and fraud in connection with alleged corrupt conduct related to his official position.

• Bribery
• Money laundering
• Fraud

Frank Carone

Frank Carone is charged with accepting approximately $120,000 in bribes from a hotel owner in exchange for securing a $7 million city contract for migrant housing. The indictment alleges Carone engaged in money laundering and wire fraud as part of a scheme to exploit the migrant crisis for personal financial gain.

• Bribery
• Money laundering
• Fraud

Anthony J. Carone, Frank V. Carone, Crystal Chen · +1 more

A 13-count indictment charges four individuals, including the former NYC Mayoral Chief of Staff, with allegedly operating a bribery scheme that exploited federal and city funding designated for migrant shelter services. The charges include fraud, bribery, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and tax fraud.

• Bribery
• Fraud
• Money laundering
• Obstruction
• Tax evasion

Tamara Sawyer

Tamara Sawyer, Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk, is indicted on six counts alleging she embezzled and stole $44,607.35 in public funds between August 2024 and June 2025.

• theft
• Fraud
• Money laundering
• Abuse of office

Jenifer O'Neal, Ray Martinez

Ray Martinez, former Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Police Department, and Jenifer O'Neal, former Director of the Virgin Islands Office of Management and Budget, were sentenced for their roles in a procurement fraud, bribery, and money laundering scheme.

• Procurement fraud
• Bribery
• Money laundering

Stephen A. Kromer

Stephen A. Kromer, owner of Uprise, LLC, is charged with embezzling over $7.8 million from a federally funded high-speed internet construction project near Lovelock, Nevada. The indictment alleges 16 felony counts including embezzlement of government property, federal program theft, money laundering, and presenting false documents.

• Fraud
• Money laundering
• Abuse of office

Alex Nain Saab Moran

Alex Nain Saab Moran is charged with orchestrating an alleged money laundering and bribery scheme tied to Venezuela's state-run food program and oil industry, involving the alleged embezzlement of hundreds of millions of dollars from the CLAP welfare program and the sale of billions of dollars in Venezuelan state-owned oil.

• Money laundering
• Bribery
• Fraud

A former vice president of Corsa Coal Corporation was convicted of participating in a multi-year scheme to bribe Egyptian government officials in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and related money laundering laws.

• Bribery
• FCPA
• Money laundering

Greg Lindberg

Greg Lindberg was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a bribery conspiracy and multibillion-dollar fraud conspiracy that allegedly bankrupted multiple insurance companies with thousands of unpaid policyholder victims.

• Bribery
• Fraud
• Money laundering
• Conspiracy