Tag: Mark Marmilev
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FEDS: Liberty Reserve Figure Mark Marmilev Shilled On TalkGold Ponzi Forum And Also Hired Shills To Do So; Memo Speaks To Vast Wasteland Of Online Criminality
Mark Marmilev, the technology specialist for the cross-border Liberty Reserve money-laundering operation favored by HYIP scammers and other criminals before its May 2013 collapse, shilled on the TalkGold Ponzi forum, U.S. federal prosecutors said in a sentencing memo. Marmilev, 35, of Brooklyn, N.Y., also hired forum shills and separately tried to hatch an SEO scheme…
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Halloween Day Guilty Plea For Liberty Reserve Figure Vladimir Kats
Before Liberty Reserve and its alleged co-conspirators were indicted in May, the company was involved in several horror-filled propositions. These included laundering $6 billion as part of schemes involving “credit card fraud, identity theft, investment fraud, computer hacking, child pornography, and narcotics trafficking,” federal prosecutors said. Now, Liberty Reserve figure Vladimir Kats, also known as…
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BULLETIN: New South Wales Police Arrest Man For Fraud Crimes Allegedly Linked To Liberty Reserve
BULLETIN: (UPDATED 11:43 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) The New South Wales Police Force (Australia) has arrested a 21-year-old man, amid allegations he was laundering money through Liberty Reserve. Officials did not identify the man in a news release announcing the arrest, but said he did not apply for bail and remains in custody. In a statement,…
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UPDATE: 2 Liberty Reserve Figures Jailed In New York; 1 Of Them Has Lawyer Experienced In Mob Cases
Two defendants in the alleged $6 billion Liberty Reserve money-laundering conspiracy are listed as inmates at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York. They are Vladimir Kats, also known as “Ragnar,” and Mark Marmilev, also known as “Marko” and “Mark Halls.” Kats is 41; Marmilev is 33. Their release dates are listed as “unknown.”…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Liberty Reserve, Founder, Others Indicted In New York
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (15TH UPDATE 2:31 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) Liberty Reserve, its founder and several others have been indicted in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Manhattan). The charges, which include conspiracy to commit money-laundering, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business and operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, were…