WASHINGTON: A Canadian man was sentenced to 140 months in a federal prison on Wednesday for conspiracy to wash tens of millions of dollars stolen in various wire schemes and bank fraud, including theft online banking massive by North Korean cyber criminals and banks headquartered in India.
Ghaleb Alaumary, 36, Mississauga, Ontario, who is a Canadian and US citizen, was sentenced after pleading guilty of two conspiracies to do money laundering in two cases, one of which was submitted in Los Angeles.
As part of his sentence which included both cases, Alaumary was ordered to pay more than USD 30 million in restitution to the victims, the Ministry of Justice said.
According to court documents, Alaumary and ownership use a business email compromise scheme, cash-out ATMs, and Cyber Bank robbery to steal money from the victims and then wash money through bank accounts and digital currencies.
In the case of Los Angeles, Alaumary recruits and organized individuals to withdraw cash stolen from ATMs; He provides a bank account that receives funds from the Cyber robbery scheme and bank fraud.
Once funds not owned in the account, he controls, alaumary washing further funds through wire transfers, cash withdrawals, and by exchanging funds for Cryptocurrency, the Federal Prosecutor suspected.
“The funds include the North Korean crime, including the theft of 2019 Cyber from Bank Malta and the theft of 2018 ATM cash-out from banks in Pakistan.
Other victims of Alaumary crime including banks headquartered in India, as well as companies in the US and UK, individuals at the US US, and professional football clubs in the UK, “said the Ministry of Justice.
Canadians get more than 11 years in US prison for global virtual world crimes
