Sunday, June 2, 2013

BREAKING NEWS: Money Laundering Investigations Continue After Liberty Reserve Takedown

Multiple reports out of Asia revealed that more governments are following the US lead in investigating Liberty Reserve and their "local" exchanges feeding the global money laundering operation.

Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security just announced that they will be investigating the Vietnamese company that acted as Liberty Reserve's exchange agent in the region. According to the spokesman, the investigation had started long time ago when requested by both US and Turkish police into money transferred as part of online extortion scheme.

http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/10230/vietnam-to-probe-possible-laundering-in-virtual-currency-case

Over in Hong Kong, Chinese banks named as holding Liberty Reserve money are busy checking their own records and making sure they are properly covered. South China Sea News has discovered that one of the accounts was held through multiple shell companies.

http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1250938/liberty-reserve-tied-hong-kong-china
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