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  2. Sportswashing - Wikipedia

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    Sportswashing is a term used to describe the practice of nations, individuals, groups, corporations, or the government using sports to improve reputations tarnished by wrongdoing. A form of propaganda , sportswashing can be accomplished through hosting sporting events, purchasing or sponsoring sporting teams, or participating in a sport.

  3. Money laundering - Wikipedia

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    Money laundering is the process of illegally concealing the origin of money obtained from illicit activities (often known as dirty money) such as drug trafficking, underground sex work, terrorism, corruption, embezzlement, and treason, and converting the funds into a seemingly legitimate source, usually through a front organization.

  4. White-collar crime - Wikipedia

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    Some examples include human trafficking, money laundering, drug smuggling, illegal arms dealing, terrorism, and cybercrime. Although it is impossible to precisely gauge transnational crime, the Millennium Project, an international think tank, assembled statistics on several aspects of transnational crime in 2009: [19]

  5. 2015 FIFA corruption case - Wikipedia

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    On 16 November 2015, Alejandro Burzaco, the former general manager and chairman of the board of Torneos y Competencias S.A., an Argentinian sports marketing company, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. As part of his plea, Burzaco agreed to forfeit more than $21.6 million. [100]

  6. List of professional sportspeople convicted of crimes - Wikipedia

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    Fraud, bribery and money laundering 46 months [30] to be followed by two years of supervised release [31] Sam Hurd: Chicago Bears Conspiracy to possess cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute 15 years [32] Mark Ingram Sr. Retired Money laundering and fraud 7 years in prison and up to 5 years of probation. Ordered to pay $252,000 in ...

  7. Americans are draining stock portfolios to shovel more money ...

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    Instead, they’re also using funds to attend sports games or watching sports in restaurants or bars, creating a snowball effect of money spent on sports betting and its accompanying entertainment ...

  8. New US rule targeting real estate money laundering reaches ...

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    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A long-awaited U.S. rule aimed at curbing money laundering in real estate has reached a key White House office for review, the final hurdle for it to clear before it can be ...

  9. Varsity Blues scandal - Wikipedia

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    Singer pleaded guilty on March 12, 2019, in the U.S. District Court in Boston to four felony counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and obstruction of justice for alerting a number of subjects to the investigation after he began cooperating with the government. [79]