{"id":2433,"date":"2016-03-29T14:24:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T06:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/03\/29\/how-a-tech-ceo-scammed-everyone-by-laundering-money-through-china\/"},"modified":"2016-03-29T14:24:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T06:24:02","slug":"how-a-tech-ceo-scammed-everyone-by-laundering-money-through-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/03\/29\/how-a-tech-ceo-scammed-everyone-by-laundering-money-through-china\/","title":{"rendered":"How a tech CEO scammed everyone by laundering money through China"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ASHDOD, Israel \u2014 Gilbert Chikli was rolling in money, stolen from some of the world’s biggest corporations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His targets: Accenture. Disney. American Express. In less than two years, he made off with at least 6.1 million euros from France alone.<\/p>\n

But he had a problem. He couldn’t spend the money. A tangle of banking rules designed to stop con men like him stood between Chikli and his cash. He needed to find a weak link in the global financial system, a place to make his stolen money appear legitimate.<\/p>\n

He found it in China.<\/p>\n

“China has become a universal, international gateway for all manner of scams,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press. “Because China today is a world power, because it doesn’t care about neighboring countries, and because, overall, China is flipping off other countries in a big way.” Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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