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Cryptocurrency company Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao pleads guilty to money laundering in the United States. The company will pay $4.3 billion in fines and Zhao will step down as CEO.
2023-11-21

Nicolás Petro is released from detention while under investigation for allegations of illicit enrichment and money laundering connected to his father's 2022 presidential campaign. He is barred from engaging in political activities and from leaving Colombia.
2023-08-4

Colombian businessman Alex Saab is extradited to the United States from Cape Verde ahead of an initial court appearance in Florida on October 18 over his alleged money laundering for the Venezuelan government.
2021-10-16

Former South African President Jacob Zuma pleads not guilty to multiple charges, including corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering, relating to a $2 billion arms deal in 1999. Zuma said that the charges were politically motivated by a rival section of the ruling African National Congress.
2021-05-26

Authorities in the Netherlands launch a probe into bank ABN Amro. The bank is suspected of breaching rules on money laundering and terrorism financing.
2019-09-26

U.S. President Donald Trump commutes the prison sentence of Sholom Rubashkin, who in 2009 was sentenced to 27 years in prison for bank fraud and money laundering.
2017-12-20

The United States Justice Department launches an investigation of money laundering associated with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad sovereign wealth fund, as well as the purchase of luxury properties in New York involving shell companies linked to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's step-son Riza Aziz and businessman Jho Low. [http:--economictimes.indiatimes.com-news-international-world-news-malaysias-opposition-forms-new-alliance-against-scandal-hit-najib-razak-articleshow-49060158.cms ("Economic Times-India")]date=August 2019
2015-09-22

Video interviews show that two Russians captured in Ukraine have publicly admitted to being soldiers in the GRU Russian special forces. The Donetsk People's Republic (separatists) authorities claim these men were official policemen in the self-proclaimed republic, publicized their ID badges, and claimed they retired from the Russian military last year.
2015-05-21

The Russian Federal Space Agency successfully launches a Soyuz TMA-02M carrying a Russian, American and Japanese astronaut towards the International Space Station.
2011-06-8

Former United States House of Representatives Majority Leader and former "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Tom DeLay is convicted of money laundering and conspiracy in relation to Republican fundraising for the 2002 Texas state elections.
2010-11-24