华盛顿州男子为海外诈骗团伙洗钱被判5年：账户经手9710万美元，佣金至少407万美元
美国华盛顿州 Newcastle 市居民 Geoffrey K. Auyeung 为海外诈骗团伙洗钱一案，2026年6月9日在华盛顿州西雅图市的联邦法院判刑。第一助理联邦检察官 Charles Neil Floyd 宣布，Auyeung 被判处5年（60个月）监禁，罪名是共谋洗钱；他于2024年8月被捕、2026年2月认罪，判决由联邦地方法官 John C. Coughenour 作出。检方此前求刑63个月，那是求刑建议、不是判决结果。
据法庭记录，2022年6月至2024年7月，Auyeung 控制的账户共收到9,710万美元的第三方电汇与存款，政府认为这些存款全部是诈骗所得。诈骗手法是诱使受害人把钱汇入所谓的托管账户、声称用于购买 Rotterdam 或 Houston 的油罐仓储再出租获利；资金到账后被迅速转走、移往境外或换成加密货币，最终流向由位于尼日利亚与俄罗斯的同伙控制的 Binance 账户。
Auyeung 至少设立9个空壳实体、开设81个银行账户（涉及24家金融机构）与19个加密货币账户（涉及8家交易所），本人收取佣金至少4,078,348美元。他在被起诉逮捕后仍继续与同伙联系，2024年8月至2025年12月经妻子名下账户另收约40万美元佣金。
退赔金额已移交治安法官计算，检方请求24,707,031美元；Auyeung 没收约230万美元被扣资金与现金及一辆 Audi SQ8，并同意不争讼约710万美元加密货币扣押、另以约30万美元用于退赔。本案由国税局刑事调查局与国土安全调查局侦办。
Washington Man Sentenced to Five Years for Laundering for Overseas Fraudsters: $97.1 Million Passed Through His Accounts, at Least $4.07 Million in Commissions
Geoffrey K. Auyeung, a resident of Newcastle in Washington State, was sentenced in federal court in Seattle, Washington, on June 9, 2026, for laundering money for overseas fraudsters. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd announced that Auyeung was sentenced to five years (60 months) in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. He was arrested in August 2024 and pleaded guilty last February; U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour imposed the sentence. Prosecutors had sought 63 months, which was a recommendation, not the sentence imposed.
According to court records, between June 2022 and July 2024, accounts controlled by Auyeung received $97.1 million in third-party wire transfers and deposits, all of which the government believes represent fraud proceeds. Victims were induced to send money to purported escrow accounts to buy oil tank storage in Rotterdam or Houston that they were told they could rent out for profit; once the money arrived it was quickly moved on, sent offshore or converted into cryptocurrency, much of it ending up in Binance accounts controlled by individuals in Nigeria and Russia.
Auyeung set up at least nine entities, opened at least 81 bank accounts at 24 financial institutions and 19 accounts on eight cryptocurrency exchanges, and received at least $4,078,348 in commissions. Even after he was indicted and arrested, he continued communicating with his co-schemers and, between August 2024 and December 2025, accepted about $400,000 more in commissions through bank accounts in his wife's name.
Calculation of restitution was referred to a magistrate judge; the government asked for $24,707,031. Auyeung is forfeiting about $2.3 million in seized funds and cash and an Audi SQ8, agreed not to contest the civil forfeiture of about $7.1 million seized from cryptocurrency wallets, and agreed to relinquish about $300,000 toward restitution. The case was investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations.
来源：美国国税局刑事调查局
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图片来源：图：位于美国华盛顿州西雅图的美国法院（资料照片），本案在此判刑。美国法警局作品，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The U.S. Courthouse in Seattle, Washington (file photo), where this case was sentenced. Work of the United States Marshals Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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