A Textbook Case of Alleged Money Laundering?
On November 18, 2019, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the arrest and unsealed the indictment of Bruce Bagley – a 73-year-old college professor whose scholarship focuses on U.S.-Latin American relations, with an emphasis on drug trafficking and security issues. He has been charged with two substantive counts of money laundering and one count of conspiracy to launder money. If convicted, Dr. Bagley faces up to twenty years’ incarceration.
Dr. Bagley, a now-suspended professor at the University of…
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Herbert v. Maranga, NYLJ November 07, 2019, Date filed: 2019-10-24, Court: Appellate Term, First Department. Judge: Per Curiam, Case Number: 570443/19:
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