香港Caspian HK Ltd被控在美国无牌经营汇款业务：2024年经空壳公司转移逾5,000万美元，虚构新加坡地产交易掩饰资金来源
美国纽约东区联邦检察官办公室10月27日在 Brooklyn 宣布，一份联邦起诉书已解封，指控总部位于中国香港的虚拟资产服务提供商里海香港有限公司（Caspian HK Ltd）经营无牌汇款业务及同谋经营无牌汇款业务：该公司被控在2024年借一系列国际金融交易转移逾5,000万美元，并以一宗虚构的新加坡地产交易掩饰资金来源。
起诉书指控，Caspian HK 在美国的银行与金融系统之外运作，在美国开设空壳公司，用这些公司在美国金融机构开立账户，处理数以千计的非法交易、移动逾5,000万美元，其中包括为一家虚拟资产交易平台处理出入金。检方指控，该公司曾谎称在为新加坡连锁超市 Sheng Siong 洽购一处新加坡商业地产、卖方为已故新加坡商人 Tan Tiah Nan 的遗产，并提交虚假文件推进这宗并不存在的交易，以掩盖资金的真实来源；检方说，涉案资金实际上从未用于地产投资。
纽约东区联邦检察官 Joseph Nocella Jr. 说，被告无视美国银行的合规要求，利用空壳公司与欺诈性金融文件向美国金融体系注入数千万美元，其办公室将追究那些试图利用美国金融体系洗钱者的责任。联邦调查局（FBI）纽约外地办事处助理局长 Christopher G. Raia 说，该公司被指控刻意伪造一宗地产交易以掩盖非法资金流动，损害了美国金融体系的完整性。国税局刑事调查局（IRS-CI）纽约外地办事处特别探员主管 Harry T. Chavis Jr. 说，与国际伙伴合作是打击复杂跨境金融犯罪的关键。
本案由联邦调查局纽约外地办事处与国税局刑事调查局纽约外地办事处、纽约执法部门联合调查，检方团队包括助理联邦检察官 Gilbert M. Rein 与 Benjamin P. Antillon。本案为「夺回美国」行动（Operation Take Back America）的一部分。每项控罪最高可判5年监禁；起诉书仅为指控，被告在被证明有罪之前推定无罪。
Hong Kong-Based Caspian HK Ltd Charged With Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business: More Than $50 Million Moved Through U.S. Shell Companies in 2024
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced in Brooklyn on October 27 that a federal indictment was unsealed charging Caspian HK Ltd, a Hong Kong-based virtual asset service provider, with operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, alleging it moved more than $50 million in 2024 through a series of international transactions and concealed the source of the funds behind a fictitious Singapore real estate deal.
Prosecutors allege Caspian HK operated outside the U.S. banking and financial system, incorporated shell companies in the United States and used them to open accounts at U.S. financial institutions, processing thousands of illicit transactions and moving more than $50 million, including on- and off-ramping for a virtual asset trading platform. The company allegedly claimed it was purchasing a Singapore commercial property from the estate of the late Singaporean businessman Tan Tiah Nan on behalf of the Sheng Siong supermarket chain, and submitted fraudulent documents to advance a transaction that did not exist; prosecutors said the funds were never used for real estate investment.
"Caspian HK, as alleged, flouted U.S. banking compliance requirements and exploited shell companies and fraudulent financial documents to inject tens of millions of dollars into the U.S. financial system," said U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. FBI New York Assistant Director in Charge Christopher G. Raia said the company deliberately fabricated a real estate transaction to conceal illicit financial activity. IRS Criminal Investigation New York Special Agent in Charge Harry T. Chavis Jr. said working with international partners is key to disrupting complex transnational financial crimes.
The case was investigated by the FBI's New York Field Office and IRS Criminal Investigation's New York Field Office, together with New York law enforcement partners, and is part of Operation Take Back America. Each count carries a maximum of five years in prison. An indictment is merely an allegation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse (Eastern District of New York), Brooklyn, by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
