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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Richard Luscombe

DoJ accuses far-right Epoch Times of being money-laundering operation

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Bill Guan ‘conspired with others to participate in a sprawling, transnational scheme’, according to a statement from the US attorney’s office of the southern district of New York. Photograph: Aitor Diago/Getty Images

The far-right Epoch Times media company was at the center of a fraudulent money-laundering and cryptocurrency scam involving tens of millions of dollars, the justice department said on Monday as it announced the indictment of its chief financial officer Bill Guan.

The 61-year-old executive “conspired with others to participate in a sprawling, transnational scheme to launder at least approximately $67m of illegally obtained funds”, according to a statement from the US attorney’s office of the southern district of New York.

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