Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati Money Laundering Alleged, Suspect at Large
A strange subject remains on the free after he allegedly laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars through Hard John Rock Casino Cincinnati betwixt May and August. Ismail Shalash, 36, cashed inwards $464,796 at the gaming property, and later redeemed $789,541 worth of chips, WLWT, a Buckeye State TV station, reported.
Under a related plot, Shalash allegedly swindled $1.77 gazillion from fin victims in quaternion states, court documents quoted past the Cincinnati Enquirer revealed. He also allegedly tried to defraud $3.48 million from 8 victims inwards fin states.
The FBI claims he sold luxury cars to dealerships through and through an online scheme, but ne'er came upward with the cars. Instead, money was redirected into the casino, and finances were later cashed come out inward cassino credits.
Beyond that, the FBI claims money was deposited past a player at the gambling casino for future gambling.
... Shalash was redeeming chips totaling significantly more than the amount of deposit,” a tribunal affidavit quoted by the Enquirer adds. “Shalash’s cassino calculate was used as a conduit to transferee significant amounts of pecuniary resource he received from victims through financial transaction channels.”
Shalash later fled the US after withdrawing some $500,000 in cashier’s checks from an account, the FBI claims.
Shalash Reportedly Living inwards Morocco
He was in conclusion known to live living inward Morocco. Feds issued a warrant for Shalash’s stoppage inward September. Shalash is wanted for conducting wire put-on and laundering of money instruments. He was identified past the FBI as a dual citizen of Jordan and the Palestinian Arab territory.
In recent days, a adult female described past the FBI as his unexampled wife allegedly used some of the ill-gotten money to purchase luxuriousness goods. She was identified as Abir Mulawwah of Houston.
Mulawwah allegedly opened a safe deposition boxful at PNC Bank in Houston. It held Shalash’s illicit cash, Feds claim. She arrived inward Sam Houston on Nov. 19 to seemingly cull upwards the money.
Wife Takes Part inward Spending Spree
She also took component part in what authorities depict as a “shopping spree” at vesture stores and other retailers.
On Nov. 23, FBI agents found some $300,000 in the safe deposition box. After that discovery, Mulawwah was apprehended at Houston’s George III George Walker Bush International Airport. She is charged with cabal to defraud the government, making off-key statements, and laundering of money instruments, the Enquirer reported.
She farther claimed to the FBI that she and Shalash are no more longer married. She alleges she did not cognize his stream whereabouts.