11/15/2018
7 charged with laundering drug trafficking proceeds between US, South America
NEW YORK — Owners and employees of multiple Long Island and Miami import-export businesses were arrested Thursday following an investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York’s Long Island Office with Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, New York (IRS-CI). Enayatullah Khwaja, also known as “Nat,†Abdulrahman Khwaja, Rani Rahimi, Shikeba Rhamatzada, Roberto Saenz, Maynor Melendez-Mendoza and Naseem Bokhari, also known as “Sammy,†are being charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business, failure to file currency transaction reports, failure to file IRS forms 8300, structuring monetary deposits and interstate and foreign travel and transportation in aid of a racketeering enterprises.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/7-charged-laundering-drug-trafficking-proceeds-between-us-south-america
