U.S. Indicts 11 in New York’s Jewelry District for Laundering Cash for Gold

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Friday, August 1, 2003
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
19
Issue: 
8
295
Abstract: 
On June 5, 2003, James B. Comey, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the unsealing of criminal Complaints charging eleven individuals at seven different retail or wholesale jewelers - six located on or near the jewelry district in New York City ? with money laundering by accepting cash in exchange for smelted gold items and diamonds they believed were being smuggled to South America?[more]