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$3,800,000 Money Laundering Case: Attorney From Westchester Admits Role In Scheme $3,800,000 Money Laundering Case: Attorney From Westchester Admits Role In Scheme
$3,800,000 Money Laundering Case: Attorney From Westchester Admits Role In Scheme An attorney from Westchester has admitted to laundering money in order to make payments to maintain six US properties owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, federal officials said.  Pelham resident and attorney Robert Wise pleaded guilty on Tuesday, April 25 to participating in a scheme to make around $3.8 million in payments to maintain six properties in the US that were owned by Viktor Vekselberg, a sanctioned Russian oligarch, according to the US Attorney's Office for Southern District of New York.  According to federal officials, Vekselberg was designated …

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