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Former NY bank employee pleads guilty to laundering medical device fraud proceeds

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The DOJ said a former Bank of America relationship manager helped launder more than $8m on behalf of an international criminal organization.

Renat Abramov, a Brooklyn resident and dual Azeri American citizen who previously worked at a US bank branch that ACAMS identified as Bank of America, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering.

According to the DOJ, Abramov helped move more than $8m for an international gang by facilitating

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