The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced it had filed suit against a China-based company for laundering money on behalf of blacklisted North Korean entities, asking the company to forfeit more than $1.9 million in what it describes as "one of the largest seizures of North Korean funds by the Department of Justice."
Mingzheng International Trading Limited (Mingzheng), which is based in Shenyang in China, is alleged to have been established to launder the U.S. dollars for “sanctioned North Korean entities.”
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced it had filed suit against a China-based company for laundering money on behalf of blacklisted North Korean entities, asking the company to forfeit more than $1.9 million in what it describes as "one of the largest seizures of North Korean funds by the Department of Justice."
Mingzheng International Trading Limited (Mingzheng), which is based in Shenyang in China, is alleged to have been established to launder the U.S. dollars for “sanctioned North Korean entities.”
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