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Accused Money Launderer Rakmankulov Trial Has Uzbek Funds Via China Because Corruption

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, August 29 – Sherzod Rasulov and three others are charged with operating an unlicensed money transfer business, and money laundering.     

  On June 8, 2021 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Ronnie Abrams held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it.  

 The defendants are out on bond, with permission to travel for such things as Uber employment (as to Sukhrob Sobirov). 

  Co-defendant Shakhzod Yunusov applied for and got permission to travel to Philadelphia for a CDL license.

On June 8, Yunusov said he'd like 30 days in this case. It was granted, to July 8.

On June 10, A2B Transportation filed a petition to determine its interest in the $80,551.39 seized in its TD Bank account from an Economic Injury Disaster Loan from the SBA. It wants the money.

On September 7, 2021, counsel to Sukhrob Sobirov filed for permission for Sobirov to go on vacation to Florida. He filed it under the Magistrates Court docket number, 20-mj-8521.

Jump cut to August 25, 2022: co-defendant Djonibek Rakmankulov is on trial before Judge Abrams. The prosecutor showed the jurors on screen TD Bank account statements including a $45,000 wire to Nodira Transport of Rego Park, ostensibly from Congregation Mosdos Toldos Aharon. But that Congregation never did business with the Nodira Moving company. What did TD Bank know, and when?

On August 26, more TD Bank document, this time payments to a range of Iranian-Americans who said the payments consistent of money from their relative in Iran who could only send it this way due to US sanctions. There was Benyamin Famici and payments EZ Seven Wholesale, then DC-area dentist Reza Tahernia who said the funds were from his brother in Iran, including to buy a gift for his son. Of these, there was no cross-examination.

On August 29, initial co-defendant (now cooperator) Artur Sattarov was on the stand, describing how he laundered money for Arkadiy Khaimov and Dilmurod Nazarov through companies he set up with Wholesale and Transportation in their names.

 The prosecutors put up a demonstrative of teh money going through China - CCP flag on the screen - to Uzbekistan.  Sattarov was asked, why do Uzbeks do this?

He said, because Uzbekistan's government is corrupt, and there is no foreign exchange rate, and they do not want to get in trouble (there). The trial continues.

The overall case is US v. Rasulov et al., 20-cr-653 (Abrams)

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