CBS21 (WHP) reported on 10 November 2026 that Charlette Baquero, 32, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, laundering of monetary instruments and engaging…
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CBS21 (WHP) reported on 10 November 2026 that Charlette Baquero, 32, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, laundering of monetary instruments and engaging in a monetary transaction involving property derived from specified unlawful activity, according to the Department of Justice. Prosecutors said that from July 2020 to early 2021 she opened bank accounts for a drainage company incorporated in her name that did no work, at the request of a person she knew as "Omar". According to the DOJ, the accounts received money obtained through a business email compromise scheme, including three wire transfers from a municipality totalling nearly $390,000 between December 2020 and January 2021, which were then moved on to other members. Prosecutors said she was promised a cut but was given a used car. Sentencing is set for 19 February; she faces up to 50 years in prison.
According to the Department of Justice, as reported by CBS21, from July 2020 to early 2021 Baquero opened bank accounts for a drainage company incorporated in her name that did no work, at the request of a person she knew as "Omar". Prosecutors said the accounts received money obtained through a business email compromise, including three wire transfers from a municipality totalling nearly $390,000 between December 2020 and January 2021, which were then moved on to other members. She was promised a cut but was given a used car, according to prosecutors. She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, laundering of monetary instruments and engaging in a monetary transaction involving property derived from specified unlawful activity. Sentencing is set for 19 February; she faces up to 50 years in prison.
Business email compromise typically involves a fake invoice or a spoofed executive request to change payment details. Organisations should confirm payment changes out of band. Agreeing to open accounts or move money for someone else, even a person you think you know, can be treated as money laundering.
CBS21 (WHP), 10 November 2026, reporting the Department of Justice: https://local21news.com/news/local/harrisburg-woman-could-face-50-years-15m-fine-after-money-laundering-guilty-plea-doj-pa-pennsylvania-harrisburg-dauphin-county-department-of-justice
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