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02/07/2018

知法犯法 華裔前華府律師洗錢被判7年

(World Journal) 特派員許惠敏/維州報導


前華府智慧財產權執業律師何瑞文(Raymond Juiwen,Ho)。圖取自LinkedIn前華府智慧財產權執業律師何瑞文(Raymond Juiwen,Ho)。圖取自LinkedIn

前華府智慧財產權執業律師何瑞文(Raymond Juiwen,Ho)日前被司法部以金融犯罪的洗錢罪名判刑七年。司法部發布新聞稿稱,何瑞文陰謀洗錢,金額超過兩百萬,於去年10月19日認罪。

司法部是從何瑞文的公務用電郵查獲這起犯罪事件,何所洗錢的款項涉及非法偷渡和在非洲販售武器的利得。48歲的何瑞文定居維州維也納鎮。

根據法院文件, 從2013年3月至2017年2月間,何瑞文涉及大規模、數百萬元的洗錢陰謀,數百萬美元從何瑞文及同夥人所持有的不同銀行帳戶進出,其中還包括律師信託帳戶,特別是在2014年7月至11月間,何的同夥人利用假冒的電子郵箱送出郵件,騙取受害人將錢轉移到由他和同夥所控制的帳戶,何瑞文再將這些錢轉到美國本土和海外帳戶,並招募人手協助處置這些不法所得。

2015年由移民局HSI探員設下陷阱,假扮人蛇和軍火交易商,請求何瑞文協助將非法賺到的錢洗白,從2015年12月到2016年6月,何瑞文共協助四筆非法交易利得,總額超過17萬5000元。在進行上述洗錢行為時,何瑞文仍是執業律師,被起訴後,何瑞文的喬治亞州和華府律師執照都被吊銷。

司法部主持刑事犯罪部門的代理助理部長克洛南(John P. Cronan) 、維州東區代理聯邦檢察官杜爾蒂-麥果米克(Tracy Doherty-McCormick)和移民局國安調查(HSI)小組幹員一起宣布何瑞文的罪刑。

根據何瑞文LinkedIn所列資料,他是喬治亞理工大學畢業,2006至2012年任職華府Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP法律事務所,2012年後是國際智產權公司IP Law Leaders的合夥人。根據判刑備忘錄,何瑞文少年時從台灣移民來美,33歲就受聘全美最知名的律師事務所,而法律人雜誌ABA Journal轉述何瑞文辯護律師的說法稱,何瑞文在有次拿了大筆年終獎金後開始找其他賺錢機會,曾嘗試投資養殖出口鰻魚、捕鮪魚、收購經營不擅銀行、收購舊鐵軌轉賣、回收銅製品、馬州中餐館交易仲介等,但都不順利。當他掉入詐騙陷阱時,他只是扮演支付管理者(paymaster)的角色。

「就是一個字『貪』!」一名在華府執業超過30年的華人律師說,智財權律師應該收入豐厚,鋌而走險實在不智,只能怪貪心。另一位北維地區專攻商事法的律師稱,美國政府嚴打「洗錢」金融犯罪,此類型犯罪並不難查,例如名下很多帳戶並常有大筆金額進出,就容易成為政府關切調查的對象,而律師知法犯法,實在令人不解 。




Department of Justice

Office of Public Affairs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, February 2, 2018

Former Virginia Attorney Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Laundering and Attempting to Launder Over $2 Million

A former Vienna, Virginia attorney was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for conspiring to launder over $2 million dollars derived from a business email compromise scheme and for attempting to launder funds he believed to be the proceeds of smuggling illegal aliens into the United States and trafficking firearms in Africa.

Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Tracy Doherty-McCormick of the Eastern District of Virginia and Special Agent in Charge Patrick J. Lechleitner of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington, D.C., made the announcement after Ho was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema.

Raymond Juiwen Ho, 48, pleaded guilty on Oct. 19, 2017 to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and one count of money laundering.  According to court documents, from at least March 2013 to February 2017, Ho engaged in a large-scale money laundering scheme that resulted in millions of dollars being moved through bank accounts (some of which were attorney trust accounts) that Ho or his co-conspirators controlled.  Specifically, between July and November 2014, Ho participated in a conspiracy in which co-conspirators sent emails from compromised or imitation accounts that duped victims into transferring money to accounts controlled by Ho and others.  Ho then laundered these stolen funds, moving them through and to accounts located in the United States and abroad.  Ho, who recruited others to aid his laundering activities, laundered over $2 million in unlawfully obtained funds.

Ho engaged in his money laundering business despite multiple instances of banks closing his accounts due to fraud and inquires by law enforcement.  Eventually, in November 2015, HSI initiated an operation in which undercover HSI agents sought Ho’s assistance in moving the proceeds of human smuggling and firearms trafficking between bank accounts located in the United States and overseas.  Ho engaged in four such transactions between December 2015 and June 2016, involving over $175,000 that he believed were the proceeds of the illegal smuggling and firearms trafficking activity.

Throughout the criminal conduct described above, Ho was a practicing attorney for an intellectual property law firm based in Washington, D.C.  As part of this case, he has surrendered his bar licenses from Georgia and the District of Columbia.

The investigation was conducted by HSI Washington, DC.  Senior Counsels Ryan K. Dickey and James S. Yoon of the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander P. Berrang of the Eastern District of Virginia and Trial Attorney Kendrack D. Lewis and Former Trial Attorney Elizabeth Wright of the Criminal Division’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section investigated and prosecuted the case.  Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander Nguyen and former Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph V. Longobardo provided assistance investigating the case.

Topic(s): 
Cyber Crime
Press Release Number: 
18-129
Updated February 2, 2018



Source: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-virginia-attorney-sentenced-7-years-prison-laundering-and-attempting-launder-over-2











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