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Swordsmyth
12-04-2018, 08:22 PM
The Justice Department on Tuesday announced charges against four people relating to the Panama Papers investigation — the first charges to be announced in the scheme.
Ramses Owens, Dirk Brauer, Richard Gaffey, and Harald von der Goltz were charged with wire fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, and other offenses in connection with their roles in a criminal scheme perpetrated by Panama-based global law firm Mossack Fonseca for nearly 40 years.


The Justice Department said Brauer was arrested in Paris, von der Glotz in London, and Gaffey in Medfield, Mass.
Owens, a 50-year-old Panamanian attorney, remains at large.
Brauer is a 54-year-old German investment manager for Mossfon Asset Management, Gaffey is a 74-year-old U.S.-based accountant, and von der Glotz is an 81-year-old German who also was formerly a U.S. resident.
“Law firms, asset managers, and accountants play key roles enabling entry into the global financial system,” said Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski in a statement. “The charges announced today demonstrate our commitment to prosecute professionals who facilitate financial crime across international borders and the tax cheats who utilize their services.”
Late last month, Deutsche Bank's head office and other locations in Frankfurt, Germany, were raided as part of the probe into the Panama Papers (https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/29/business/deutsche-bank-police-raid/index.html). The German bank has been suspected of helping the clients of Mossak Fonseca set up the offshore holdings.

More at: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice-department-charges-four-in-first-panama-papers-case