The head of Meaf’s Financial Intelligence Unit said on Sunday that members of the large ring will serve Iranian money launderers, focusing on the country’s favorable mobile phone market.
Hadi Khani said the group had sales of 500 million rials (over $500 million) when Iranian police discovered the activity.
Crab said that members of the group washed their money using bank accounts opened primarily by poor and vulnerable people in Iran.
“They have allowed mobile phone market employers and mobile phone importers to use these fake accounts to make it impossible for authorities to track tax information,” he says. Ta.
Officials added that the bank accounts of poor women exploited by the group had sales of 40 trillion rials (nearly $4.5 million) when tracked by police and monthly trading balances for the same account. 30 million rim in 2020.
Iran has intensified its crackdown on money laundering in recent years in an effort to combat tax evasion activities that cost the government billions of dollars each year.
The crackdown is also intended to create more discipline in Iran’s banks and financial sector as the country seeks to participate in international institutions fighting money laundering and financial crime.
Khani said MEAF has investigated 37 major money laundering cases in recent months, adding that authorities are investigating nearly 2,300 bank accounts as part of the investigation.
He also said Iranian police have been increasingly involved in domestic financial crime investigations in recent months.
MNA