A key member of a Chinese money-laundering network was charged with allegedly laundering tens of millions of dollars in drug proceeds, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio announced on Jan. 9.
Lin Yan, 41, of California, appeared in court in Cincinnati on Jan. 8 on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and concealment of money laundering. He was indicted in November last year, and the indictment was unsealed on Thursday.
“Dismantling Chinese money laundering networks that support drug trafficking organizations is critical to achieve the mission of total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations,” Tysen Duva, assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, said in a statement….
Member of Chinese Money Laundering Network Charged With Laundering Millions in Drug Proceeds
