On November 18, 2024, the United States Attorney’s Office issued a notice (title: United States v. Le Van Hung) announcing the prosecution of "Falun Gong" Media company executives money laundering case, Vietnamese accomplice Le Van Hung.On November 15, 2024, Le Van Hung was extradited from South Korea to the United States to await trial. The next pretrial conference is scheduled for December 6, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. The proceeding will take place in Courtroom 15B at the U.S. District Courthouse located at 500 Pearl Street, New York.

The following is a translation of the announcement:

▲Screenshot of The United States Attorney’s Office website announcement

United States v. Le Van Hung

On November 18, 2024, the United States Attorney’s Office announced the unsealing of a superseding indictment charging LE VAN HUNG, a/k/a “Hung Van Le,” a/k/a “Van Hung Le,” with conspiring to commit money laundering, conspiring to commit bank fraud, conspiring to commit identity theft, and aggravated identity theft.  As charged, from at least in or about 2020, through in or about May 2024, HUNG, while working in a foreign office of a multinational media company headquartered in New York, New York (the “Media Company”), conspired with others, including the Chief Financial Officer of the Media Company, to participate in a sprawling, transnational scheme to launder at least approximately $67 million of illegally obtained funds to bank accounts in the names of the Media Company and related entities.  In furtherance of the money laundering conspiracy, HUNG recruited and managed various co-conspirators, including co-conspirators who worked with the Media Company’s “Make Money Online” team.  HUNG also used, possessed, and transferred personal identification information and documents of U.S. residents in order to, among other things, open and maintain financial accounts that were used to launder fraud proceeds.  In one particular instance, HUNG directed a co-conspirator to call a bank and falsely claim that the co-conspirator was the account holder of a certain account so that the bank would unlock the account and HUNG could move fraudulent proceeds out of the account.  The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero (Case No. 24 Cr. 322 (VM)).  The full press release and indictment are available here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/vietnamese-national-and-member-multinational-media-company-charged-participating

Hung Indictment, S1 24 Cr. 322

On November 15, 2024, HUNG was extradited from South Korea and was presented before a U.S. Magistrate Judge.  HUNG was detained.  The next pretrial conference is scheduled for December 6, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.  The proceeding will take place in Courtroom 15B at the U.S. District Courthouse located at 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York, 10007.

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