A former senior official with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office is the fourth to agree to a plea deal in connection with a corruption investigation into that agency and the LADWP.

Thomas H. Peters, 55, of Pacific Palisades, agreed to plead guilty to aiding and abetting extortion, a crime that carries a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison

Peters served as the chief of the civil litigation branch of the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office between February 2014 to March 2019.

January 11, 2022

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-official-with-la-city-attorney-e2-80-99s-office-to-plead-guilty-in-ongoing-corruption-probe-into-ladwp-billing-debacle/ar-AASFLvH

A RUSSIAN streamer who posed naked for a photo in front of a church faces jail for "insulting the religious feelings of believers".

https://www.the-sun.com/news/4443556/russian-streamer-faces-jail-over-nude-pics/

Should the United States have laws like this?

No moar satannic displays next to nativity displays?

Gracie's Chinese Cuisine owner pleads guilty to immigration, money laundering charges

Kent K. Dam entered a guilty plea to "transporting and harboring aliens," as well as money laundering, last week. Dam has owned and operated Gracie's Chinese Cuisine for 20 years with Grace Sung.

Some of the workers came seeking employment on their own, while others were brought using a smuggler or handler, the document states. The handler would require a fee for the service, which Dam would reportedly pay. The worker would then reimburse him over time.

Penalties for "transporting and harboring aliens” include as much as 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years probation after any release from prison. Money laundering is punishable by up to 20 years in prison, a $500,000 fine and three years probation.

January 11, 2022

https://money.yahoo.com/gracies-chinese-cuisine-owner-pleads-183107858.html

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Son of hate cleric Abu Hamza jailed over 350k money laundering plot

Tito Ibn-Sheikh, 35, was given information by an HSBC bank insider, which he used to create false identities for account holders, a court heard.

Other people used the accounts to launder proceeds of thefts and frauds.

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza, 63 — once jailed in the UK for in- citing violence — is serving a life sentence in the US for terrorism offences.

January 12, 20022

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17295266/abu-hamza-son-jailed-money-laundering-plot/

Man arrested over suspected money laundering after gardaí seized €488,000

Gardaí from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau stopped a truck as it exited the Port Tunnel at Dublin Port, shortly after 8pm on Monday.

about 7 hours ago

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/man-arrested-over-suspected-money-laundering-after-garda%C3%AD-seized-488-000-1.4774245

Man Sentenced to Prison for Sinaloa Cartel Trafficking, Money Laundering

A man who trafficked drugs and laundered money for the Sinaloa Cartel has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.

Prosecutors say Roberto Gallegos-Lechuga, 39, of Sinaloa, coordinated and supervised cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin smuggling operations that took “multi-kilogram quantities” of drugs from Mexico into the United States. He also oversaw the smuggling of drug proceeds back into Mexico, which included supervising couriers who smuggled “hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash at a time,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Seven others have pleaded guilty in the case. In related cases, 20 others who operated as drug and money couriers or stash house operators have entered guilty pleas and been sentenced

9 hours ago

https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2022/01/11/man-sentenced-to-prison-for-sinaloa-cartel-trafficking-money-laundering/