Feds Accuse Conservative Newspaper Tied to Falun Gong, the Epoch Times, in Multimillion-Dollar Money Laundering Scheme

Members of the company’s ‘Make Money Online’ team allegedly funneled cash to the company’s accounts via cryptocurrency and prepaid debit cards.

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Plastic newspaper racks for The Epoch Times, The Village Voice and other newspapers stand along a Manhattan sidewalk, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 at New York. AP/Mark Lennihan

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Published: Jun 3, 2024, 05:19 PM ET
Updated:Jun 3, 2024, 06:59 PM ET

The chief financial officer of a conservative newspaper, the Epoch Times, was indicted Monday, charged with participating in a scheme to launder at least $67 million in proceeds from unemployment fraud and other criminal schemes via the paper’s parent company.

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