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Judi Lynn

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Mon May 4, 2015, 06:07 PM May 2015

So. Fla. Man Accused of Using the Turmoil in Venezuela to Run Massive Fraud

Source: NBC News

So. Fla. Man Accused of Using the Turmoil in Venezuela to Run Massive Fraud

Published 26 minutes ago

Federal prosecutors Monday said they nabbed a man who used his bank accounts here in South Florida to prey on the circumstances in Venezuela to and aid drug cartels--not businessmen.

The prosecutors said it was at a Bank of America in Doral where Martin Lustgarden Acherman had his South Florida accounts, and they were part of a massive money laundering scheme to the tune of $100 million.

The government says a big chunk of that was to launder money for Colombian Drug dealers and Colombian paramilitary organizations.

. . .

Prosecutors told a judge that Acherman, "Quarterbacked an international scheme to move U.S. dollars around on behalf of drug cartels and paramilitary organizations in Colombia."

Read more: http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/So-Fla-Man-Accused-of-Using-the-Turmoil-in-Venezuela-to-Run-Massive-Fraud-302481271.html

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