宾夕法尼亚州女子为商业电邮诈骗洗钱近39万美元认罪 最高面临50年监禁
Philadelphia—美国司法部11月9日宣布，宾夕法尼亚州 Harrisburg 女子 Charlette Baquero（32岁）当天在联邦法院认罪，承认合谋洗钱、洗钱及以特定非法活动所得进行金融交易等罪名。她参与的商业电邮诈骗团伙骗走一个市政机构约39万美元，赃款经她名下的空壳公司账户收转。她定于2027年2月19日量刑，最高面临50年监禁、3年监管释放与1,543,427.54美元罚款。
据法庭文件，2020年7月至2021年初，Baquero 参与一个洗钱团伙：一名她只知叫「Omar」的人让她以自己名义注册一家排水公司并开设银行账户。该公司对外装作合法经营，实为空壳，没有任何实际业务，也不产生合法收入。账户由她开设，专门用于接收诈骗所得并转给其他同伙，以掩盖资金来源，她负责留意账户进出账的金额与频率。
其中一个账户先后收到受害市政机构三笔电汇：2020年12月3日的193,016美元、12月16日的100,705.70美元与2021年1月13日的96,174美元。钱到账后数日内，她即参与把钱转给团伙其他洗钱成员。她原被许诺分得一份赃款，最终只拿到一辆二手车。
Baquero 于今年1月被起诉，认罪在联邦地区法官 Joshua D. Wolson 面前进行。案件由联邦调查局（FBI）侦办，联邦助理检察官 S. Chandler Harris 与 Nancy E. Potts 起诉。宾夕法尼亚东区联邦检察官 David Metcalf 宣布了认罪消息。
（来源：美国司法部）
Pennsylvania Woman Pleads Guilty to Laundering About $390,000 in Business Email Compromise Fraud Proceeds
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 9 that Charlette Baquero, 32, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty that day before United States District Judge Joshua D. Wolson to conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, laundering of monetary instruments, and engaging in a monetary transaction in property derived from specified unlawful activity. The charges arise from her role in a conspiracy to launder the proceeds of a business email compromise scheme that defrauded a municipality of approximately $390,000. She is scheduled to be sentenced on February 19, 2027, and faces a maximum possible term of 50 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $1,543,427.54 fine.
As detailed in court filings, from about July 2020 to early 2021, Baquero participated in a money laundering conspiracy with a person she knew as 'Omar,' who asked her to set up bank accounts for a drainage company incorporated in her name. The company presented itself as legitimate but was in reality a shell company that performed no actual work and generated no lawful income. The accounts were opened to receive fraud funds and send them to other co-conspirators in order to obscure the source of the funds, and Baquero monitored the amount and frequency of funds going into and out of the accounts.
One account she opened received three wire transfers from the victim municipality: $193,016 on December 3, 2020, $100,705.70 on December 16, 2020, and $96,174 on January 13, 2021. Within days of receiving the proceeds, she participated in or caused multiple transfers of the funds to other money launderers in the conspiracy. For her role, she had been promised a portion of the proceeds but ultimately received only a used car.
Baquero was charged by indictment in January of this year. The case was investigated by the FBI and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys S. Chandler Harris and Nancy E. Potts. United States Attorney David Metcalf announced the plea.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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