Thuan Le

The USA has filed a forfeiture complaint in California against seized funds in 754 accounts at Bank of America that were allegedly set up for non-resident aliens, mostly citizens of China, by corrupt bank employees who took bribes to circumvent anti-money laundering laws.

Forfeiture Complaint alleging that "criminal actors known and unknown have conspired to open hundreds of bank accounts at Bank of America through corruption and bribery of bank employees responsible for ensuring BofA's compliance with anti-money laundering and customer identification policies during new account openings, thus providing hundreds of unknown or unverified individuals or organizations with virtually-unfettered access to the U.S. financial system" in USA v. Funds Seized From Accounts at Bank of America NA at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.