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US Attorney General David Metcalf said that his office had indicted Samuel D. Marcus, 33, of Oreland, Pennsylvania, and charged him with laundering millions of dollars in proceeds gained from scams.
According to the indictment, Marcus was in direct and regular contact with a group of Nigeria-based fraudsters, who operated under the aliases “Rachel Jude” and “Ned McMurray,” among others. These fraudsters engaged in a variety of wire fraud schemes that targeted victims based in the United States. Some of these frauds include “Romance Scams,” in which the fraudster will profess love to someone , while asking for money. Then they abscond with the cash. Or, they never met the person and they tell them they intend to meet them in person. but they are getting paid next week or have a large check coming to them. “Can you send me money for the plane ticket and I’ll give it back to you when I see you.” They never come.
Other kinds of fraud include cyber fraud, tax fraud, financing fraud, and business email compromise schemes, to which victims lost millions of dollars. Metcalf said that Marcus, a Department Of Defense employee . cryptocurrency and to move those funds into foreign accounts. Marcus personally deposited and transferred millions of dollars of fraudulently obtained money into and through his personal and business accounts, while fully aware that “Rachel Jude” and “Ned McMurray” were scammers who carried out sophisticated fraud schemes. Marcus also affirmatively misled and lied to his financial institutions and law enforcement officers about the laundered funds, to include sending fraudulent invoices to make the transactions appear legitimate.
In fact, the indictment alleges that the defendant continued to work as a money mule for the fraudsters after being informed by FBI agents that the money passing through his accounts had been stolen from other people and that his monetary transfers were consistent with money laundering.
Marcus faces charges of one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, six counts of illegal monetary transactions, and one count of money laundering – illegal concealment,