US DoJ charges a Uruguayan man who has pleaded guilty to using an unlicensed MSB to move nearly $100K linked to a sanctioned Venezuelan official into the US, in a sanctions evasion scheme

Charges describe how the scheme involved transferring nearly $100,000 in cash from the Dominican Republic to a U.S. bank account using fake invoices, coded language, and multiple accounts to conceal the true origin of funds. It also underscores enforcement priorities targeting sanctions evasion networks and the misuse of financial institutions to facilitate illicit cross-border transactions…