德州男子同意认罪:假冒房主卖掉他人土地 涉150万美元地契诈骗与洗钱

美国司法部马萨诸塞区检察官办公室10月20日宣布,德州 Carrollton 居民 Moshe Levi(61岁)已同意就电信诈骗共谋与洗钱共谋两项指控认罪,认罪听证日期尚未排定。Levi 与两名同案被告于今年7月被起诉。
检方指控,自2023年6月前后起,这个团伙专挑位于马萨诸塞州、佐治亚州、印第安纳州与田纳西州,地主本人住在外州、地块空置且无抵押负担的土地下手:先弄到以地主名义伪造的身份证件与护照,再假冒地主本人,诱使地产经纪等专业人士把土地挂牌出售、过户给不知情的买家。
检方指控,交易得来的约150万美元赃款随后经个人与公司账户层层转移清洗。电信诈骗共谋与洗钱共谋每项罪名最高可判20年监禁;案件后续量刑由联邦法官在认罪成立后裁定。
司法部提醒,刑事指控在法庭证明之前属指控性质;本案中被告已表示同意认罪,最终罪名与刑期以法院裁定为准。(GSM据司法部新闻稿报道)
Texas Man to Plead Guilty in $1.5 Million Deed Fraud and Money Laundering Schemes
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on October 20 that Moshe Levi, 61, of Carrollton, Texas, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. A plea hearing has not yet been scheduled. Levi was charged in July 2026 along with two co-defendants.
Prosecutors allege that beginning around June 2023, the conspirators targeted vacant, unencumbered land in Massachusetts, Georgia, Indiana and Tennessee whose owners lived out of state. They allegedly obtained fake identification documents and passports in the owners' names, impersonated the owners, and tricked real estate professionals into listing, selling and deeding the land to unsuspecting buyers.
The roughly $1.5 million in proceeds was allegedly laundered through personal and corporate bank accounts. Each conspiracy charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; sentencing will be determined by a federal judge if the plea is accepted.
The charges are allegations unless and until proven in court; Levi has agreed to plead guilty, and the final convictions and sentence rest with the court. (GSM, via the Department of Justice)
来源:GSM·美国(原文链接)
图片来源:位于波士顿(Boston)的John Joseph Moakley联邦法院(资料图)· 维基共享资源,CC BY 4.0

