{"id":9533,"date":"2022-08-01T07:32:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T07:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2022\/08\/01\/boston-chinatown-restaurant-served-up-multimillion-dollar-money-laundering-operation-feds-say\/135790\/"},"modified":"2022-08-01T07:32:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T07:32:06","slug":"boston-chinatown-restaurant-served-up-multimillion-dollar-money-laundering-operation-feds-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/boston-chinatown-restaurant-served-up-multimillion-dollar-money-laundering-operation-feds-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Chinatown restaurant served up multimillion dollar money laundering operation, feds say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/boston-chinatown-restaurant-served-up-multimillion-dollar-money-laundering-operation-feds-say\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chinese-restaurant-money-laundering-photo-529x400.png\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/boston-chinatown-restaurant-served-up-multimillion-dollar-money-laundering-operation-feds-say.png\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chinanl02-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/boston-chinatown-restaurant-served-up-multimillion-dollar-money-laundering-operation-feds-say.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/boston-chinatown-restaurant-served-up-multimillion-dollar-money-laundering-operation-feds-say-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\">\n<div class=\"yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-website yarpp-template-yarpp-template-inarticle-right\">\n<aside class=\"article-related right\">\n<h3>Related Articles<\/h3>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>At least one restaurant in Boston\u2019s Chinatown had a scandalous secret menu, according to a recent federal indictment \u2014 a multi-state money laundering operation.<\/p>\n<p>A federal grand jury in Boston indicted eight alleged members of the conspiracy that the feds \u2014 which investigated it under the moniker \u201cOperation Good Fortune\u201d \u2014 say funneled tens of millions of dollars in drug money and more in a gift card fraud scheme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrug trafficking and money laundering go hand in hand,\u201d said Joseph Bonavolonta, the special agent in charge of the FBI\u2019s Boston office, \u201cand this crew is accused of using their family-owned restaurant in Chinatown as a front for an elaborate, international money laundering scheme and money transmitting business in which they conducted tens of millions of dollars in off the books transactions to circumvent our country\u2019s laws, and hide the source of their income.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2022\/07\/30\/boston-chinatown-restaurant-served-up-multimillion-dollar-money-laundering-operation-feds-say\/\">Read the rest of this story on BostonHerald.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Related Articles At least one restaurant in Boston\u2019s Chinatown had a scandalous secret menu, according to a recent federal indictment \u2014 a multi-state money laundering operation. 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