Fictitious soccer players at center of money laundering scheme
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-02-25T17:31:00
Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, announced it has uncovered more than €10 million (U.S. $11 million) from fictitious soccer player transfers in a money laundering and tax evasion scheme.
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