Tag: U.S. Attorney Dwight C. Holton
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Senior Who Swindled Seniors In $18 Million Ponzi Scheme Sentenced To 108 Months In Federal Prison; Case Sends Message To ‘Con Artists,’ Top Federal Prosecutor Says
Louis J. Borstelmann, a California senior citizen who swindled “elderly and retired” investors in Oregon and elsewhere in an $18 million Ponzi scheme, has been sentenced in Oregon to 108 months in federal prison, prosecutors said. Borstelmann is 69. Most of his victims resided in the area of Florence, Ore., although others hailed from Hawaii,…
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FEDS: Illegal Money-Transmitting Businesse Operating In ‘Shadows’ Funneled $172 Million Offshore For ‘Shell’ Companies; Murky Enterprises Blocked From Using Oregon Banks ‘Like The Corner ATM’
An Oregon man living in a small town set up “numerous” shell companies for Russian clients and funneled more than $172 million to at least 50 countries, prosecutors said. Victor Kaganov, 69, of Tigard, has pleaded guilty to charges of operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business. Tigard is small city whose population is about 47,000. Kaganov…
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BULLETIN: FBI Foils ‘Chilling’ Plot To Kill Children, Families En Masse; Mohamed Osman Mohamud, A U.S. Citizen, Tried To Detonate Explosives-Laden Van At Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony In Portland, Ore.; Charged With Attempting To Use Weapon Of Mass Destruction
BULLETIN: (UPDATED 6:41 A.M. ET U.S.A. Nov. 28) The FBI and police officers in Oregon have foiled a plot by a naturalized U.S. citizen to kill children and entire families by detonating a car bomb at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland yesterday. Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, of Corvallis, Ore., was charged with attempting…