Whoda thunk it? Carson Yeung, the 51 year-old Hongkongnese owner of Birmingham City FC (who were freshly demoted from the Premier League in May), has been charged with five counts of money laundering in a Hong Kong court, having allegedly laundered over $720 million HKD ($92.5 million USD) over six years.
Blimey! Chinese owner of Birmingham City FC accused of money laundering
Crooked comrades consider US the No.1 destination for fleeing
Ah, America. The Land of Opportunities to Hide Out Indefinitely, and Store your Ill-gotten Assets.
Ex-Bank of China money launderers jailed in U.S. for $485 million scam
Two ex-Bank of China managers (and their wives) have been given lengthy sentences for their parts in an elaborate scheme to swindle money out of China and move to the United States. The couples laundered money from China into false corporations and personal accounts in Hong Kong, Canada and the U.S. and obtained false identities and entered into fake marriages to settle in Las Vegas. They were eventually arrested in 2004 and found guilty last year. Xu Chaofan and Xu Guojun, the two banking masterminds, were given 25 and 22 years each respectively. Their wives both got eight years each. Still, their sentences sound much more preferable to the fate of a third manager, Yu Zhengdong, who actually helped authorities catch the wayward bankers - despite his cooperation with investigators, he is now languishing in a Chinese jail. Source: BBC

