{"id":154722,"date":"2021-03-16T13:42:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T17:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=154722"},"modified":"2021-03-16T13:42:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T17:42:01","slug":"6-charged-in-nh-for-running-unlicensed-virtual-currency-exchange-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/6-charged-in-nh-for-running-unlicensed-virtual-currency-exchange-business\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Charged In NH For Running Unlicensed Virtual Currency Exchange Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0CONCORD &#8211; (DOJ) &#8211; <\/strong>Six individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in New Hampshire and charged with participating in a conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and other offenses, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.\u00a0 Those charged in the indictment are:<\/p>\n<p>Ian Freeman (formerly Ian Bernard), 40, of Keene<\/p>\n<p>Colleen Fordham, 60, of Alstead<\/p>\n<p>Renee Spinella, 23, of Derry<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Spinella, 35, of Derry<\/p>\n<p>Nobody (formerly Richard Paul), 52, of Keene<\/p>\n<p>Aria DiMezzo (formerly James Baker), 34, of Keene<\/p>\n<p>Freeman, Fordham, Renee Spinella, Andrew Spinella, and Nobody also are charged with wire fraud and participating in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud. \u00a0Ian Freeman is charged with money laundering and operating a continuing financial crimes enterprise. \u00a0Freeman and DiMezzo\u00a0 also are charged with operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.<\/p>\n<p>According to the indictment, since 2016, the defendants have operated a business that enabled customers to exchange over ten million dollars in fiat currency for virtual currency, charging a fee for their service. They operated their virtual currency exchange business using websites, as well as operating virtual currency ATM machines in New Hampshire. The indictment alleges that the defendants knowingly operated the virtual currency exchange business in violation of federal anti-money laundering laws and regulations. In furtherance of their scheme, the indictment alleges that some defendants opened bank accounts in the names of purported religious entities. According to the indictment, some defendants then engaged in substantial efforts to evade detection of their unlawful virtual currency exchange scheme by avoiding answering financial institutions\u2019 questions about the nature of the business and misleading financial institutions into believing their unlawful virtual currency exchange business was instead a religious organization receiving charitable contributions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0CONCORD &#8211; (DOJ) &#8211; Six individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in New Hampshire and charged with participating in a conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and other offenses, Acting United States Attorney John J. 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