U.S. Accountant in Panama Papers Investigation Sentenced to Prison

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Richard Gaffey, aka Dick Gaffey, 76, a U.S. citizen and resident of Medfield, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit tax evasion and to defraud the United States; one count of wire fraud; one count of money laundering conspiracy; four counts of willful failure to file Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, FinCEN Reports 114; and one count of aggravated identity theft.

Gaffey was assisted in this scheme through the use of Mossack Fonseca, including Ramses Owens, a Panamanian lawyer who previously worked at Mossack Fonseca.

September 24, 2020

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-accountant-panama-papers-investigation-sentenced-prison

Gaffey, a resident of Massachusetts, is charged along with Harald Joachim von der Goltz, Ramses Owens, and Dirk Brauer in connection with a decades-long criminal scheme perpetrated by Mossack Fonseca & Co. ("Mossack Fonseca"), a Panamanian-based global law firm, and its related entities.

February 28, 2020

https://www.irs.gov/compliance/criminal-investigation/guilty-plea-of-us-accountant-in-panama-papers-investigation

Refresher:

Mossack Fonseca: The Nazi, CIA And Nevada Connections… And Why It’s Now Rothschild’s Turn

Rothschild, the centuries-old European financial institution, has opened a trust company in Reno, Nev., a few blocks from the Harrah’s and Eldorado casinos. It is now moving the fortunes of wealthy foreign clients out of offshore havens such as Bermuda, subject to the new international disclosure requirements, and into Rothschild-run trusts in Nevada, which are exempt.

04/03/2016

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2016/04/04/mossack-fonseca-the-nazi-cia-and-nevada-connections-and-why-its-now-rothschilds-turn/

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International Operation Nets 179 Suspected Darknet Users

Thursday, 24 September 2020

Police in several European countries, the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday arrested 179 suspected vendors and buyers who allegedly engaged in tens of thousands of sales of illicit goods on the dark web, Europol said in a statement on Tuesday.

The joint operation codenamed DisrupTor netted 121 suspects in the U.S. and two in Canada, while in Europe law enforcement arrested 42 in Germany, eight in the Netherlands, four in the U.K., three in Austria and one in Sweden.

Police also seized more than “US$6.5 million in both cash and virtual currencies, alongside some 500 kilograms of drugs, including fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, MDMA, and medicine containing addictive substances; and 64 firearms,” the statement said.

The U.S. Justice Department said that “Darknet vendor accounts were identified and attributed to real individuals selling illicit goods on Darknet market sites such as AlphaBay, Dream, WallStreet, Nightmare, Empire, White House, DeepSea, Dark Market and others.”

The DisrupTor operation, as multiple law enforcement agencies stated, was a continuation of last year’s SaboTor operation, in which “U.S. and international law enforcement agencies made 61 arrests and shut down 50 Darknet accounts used for illegal activity,” but also seized 299.5 kilograms of drugs, 51 firearms, and more than $4.5 million in cryptocurrency, $2.48 million in cash, and $40,000 in gold.

DisrupTor, according to Europol, also followed last year’s takedown of Wall Street Market, “the world’s then second largest illegal online market in the dark web.”

The agency stressed that the latest operation was the result of a collaborative effort between law enforcement and judicial authorities in Austria, Cyprus, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, Canada, the U.K. and the U.S.

“The hidden internet is no longer hidden, and your anonymous activity is not anonymous,” the Head of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), Edvardas Šileris, said.

“Law enforcement is committed to tracking down criminals, no matter where they operate – be it on the streets or behind a computer screen,” he said.

FBI Director, Christopher Wray, stressed that the agency, “through Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) and our partnership with Europol, continues to be actively engaged in a combined effort to disrupt the borderless, worldwide trade of illicit drugs.”

“The FBI will continue to use all investigative techniques and tools to identify and prosecute Darknet opioid dealers, wherever they may be located,” he said.

The operation, according to Europol, should also additionally warn potential Darknet users that they can become a victim of cyber scammers who are only after their money, while, at the same time, “exposing your device to damaging malware.”

Europol reminded that law enforcement can trace back to both the buyer and seller at the Darknet and stressed that “an individual who purchased illicit goods from hidden sites is at risk of prosecution in a number of countries.”

“The dark web is not a fairy tale - vendors and buyers are no longer hidden in the shadow,” Europol said.

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13169-international-operation-nets-179-suspected-darknet-users

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