OFFSHORE: Top Secret U.S. Persons & Organizations 2026

BERND PULCH 2 Minutes

OFFSHORE: TOP SECRET U.S. PERSONS & ORGANIZATIONS 2026

1. CRYPTOCURRENCY MONEY LAUNDERING โ€” SAMOURAI WALLET

Company NameSAMOURAI WALLET
Co-FoundersKEONNE RODRIGUEZ (CEO), WILLIAM LONERGAN HILL (CTO)
TypeCryptocurrency mixing service
Platform FeaturesWhirlpool, Ricochet
  • November 2025: Both founders sentenced
  • Rodriguez: 5 years prison, $250,000 fine
  • Hill: 4 years prison, $250,000 fine
Criminal proceeds processed$2+ billion
Forfeited fees$6,367,139.69
Forfeiture order$237,832,360.55

Criminal sources laundered included drug trafficking, darknet markets, cyber intrusions, fraud schemes, sanctioned jurisdictions, murder-for-hire, and child pornography.

2. CHINESE GOVERNMENT INFLUENCE OPERATION โ€” LINDA SUN CASE

NameLINDA SUN
RoleFormer Deputy Chief of Staff to NY Gov. Kathy Hochul
CitizenshipNaturalized U.S. citizen; born in Nanjing, China
EducationBarnard College, Columbia University
NameCHRIS HU
ChargesMoney laundering, bank fraud, tax evasion

Charges expanded from 8 to 19 counts in 2025. Trial ended in a mistrial; prosecutors seeking retrial.

Benefits included millions in payments, trips, VIP tickets, employment for relative, luxury goods, and gifts.

Long Island homeMulti-million
Hawaii condo$1.9M
FerrariLuxury vehicle
Other vehiclesMultiple

3. PRINCE GROUP โ€” CAMBODIA TCO TARGETING AMERICANS

NamePRINCE GROUP (Prince Holding Group)
LeaderCHEN ZHI (โ€œDukeโ€)
TypeTransnational Criminal Organization
BaseCambodia
Designation DateOctober 14, 2025
OFAC Sanctions146 persons & entities
UK Sanctions6 entities + 6 individuals
FinCEN 311 ActionHuione Group cut off from U.S. system
Americans lost to online scams (2024)$16.6B
Linked to SE Asia operations~$10B
Singapore seized$115.9M
Hong Kong frozen$354M
Taiwan seized$147M

Activities: online fraud, gambling, money laundering, sextortion, forced labor, trafficking, scam compounds.

4. CRYPTOCURRENCY FRAUD โ€” AML BITCOIN

Company NameAML BITCOIN
FounderROWLAND MARCUS ANDRADE
TypeCryptocurrency fraud

Sentenced July 29, 2025 to 7 years; guilty of wire fraud and laundering.

5. CHINESE MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATION

Amount Laundered$92+ million
SourceDrug trafficking via Mexico
NameNationalityCharges
MAOXUAN XIAChineseMoney laundering conspiracy
SHAO NENG LINUSAMoney laundering conspiracy
ZHOU YUChineseMoney laundering conspiracy

6. CRYPTOCURRENCY SCAM LAUNDERING โ€” DAREN LI

NameDAREN LI
CitizenshipChina / St. Kitts & Nevis
Sentence20 years

Laundered $74M; $60M moved through U.S. shell entities.

7. CANNABIS ENTERPRISE FRAUD โ€” FEEDING OUR FUTURE

Major multi-defendant pandemic relief fraud case (IRS Top Case 2025).

8. OTHER NOTABLE CASES

Hansen Helicopters

CEOJOHN WALKER
Sentence405 months
Forfeiture$58.4M

Dallas County Money Laundering

DefendantRAHOOL AMIN MAKANI
Sentence20 years
Restitution$14M+

North Korean IT Worker Fraud

DefendantCHRISTINA MARIE CHAPMAN
Sentence102 months
Companies Affected300+

9. ICIJ DATABASE โ€” U.S. CONNECTIONS

CompanyJurisdictionU.S. Link
WOOSTER BUSINESS LIMITEDBVIUSA
INTERMEDIA LTD.CaymanUSA
WELLINGTON ENTERPRISES LTD.CaymanUSA
GLOBAL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS GROUPBVIMultiple
HOMESTEAD INT’LPanamaBrazil, Panama
SOUTHWEST COMPANY CORP.PanamaBrazil
METROPOL INVESTORS CORP.BVITurkey

Major U.S. Corporations

  • APPLE
  • META
  • GOOGLE-ALPHABET
  • MICROSOFT
  • AMAZON
  • UBER
  • WALMART
  • DISNEY
  • NIKE
  • TWITTER

10. REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT 2024โ€“2025

OFAC

  • 2024: 12 actions, $48.8M penalties
  • 2025: 14 actions

DOJ

2024: 70+ sanctions-related charges

FinCEN

  • PAXFUL (2025)
  • BRINK’S GLOBAL SERVICES USA (2025)
  • SAHARA DUNES CASINO (2024)
  • TD BANK (2024)

CFIUS

Expanded penalties and information requests.

11. CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY ACT DEVELOPMENTS

  • Beneficial Ownership reporting expanded
  • Foreign businesses registered in U.S. covered
  • Litigation delaying full enforcement
  • Investment advisers added to AML rules
  • Real estate transactions expanded

12. KEY INDIVIDUALS SUMMARY

Sentenced

  • Keonne Rodriguez
  • William Lonergan Hill
  • Rowland Marcus Andrade
  • Daren Li
  • Rahool Amin Makani
  • John Walker
  • Christina Marie Chapman

Awaiting Trial

  • Linda Sun
  • Chris Hu

Sanctioned

  • Chen Zhi
  • 146 Prince Group entities

SUMMARY STATISTICS

Cryptocurrency Cases3
Chinese Influence Cases1
International TCO1
Money Laundering Organizations1
DOJ Sanctions Charges 202470+
OFAC Actions 202412
OFAC Actions 202514
Americans Lost to Scams 2024$16.6B
Samourai Processed$2B+
Total Individuals/Entities Added150+

Update Date: February 15, 2026



Bernd Pulch โ€” Bio

Bernd Pulch (M.A.) is a forensic expert, founder of Aristotle AI, entrepreneur, political commentator, satirist, and investigative journalist covering lawfare, media control, investment, real estate, and geopolitics. His work examines how legal systems are weaponized, how capital flows shape policy, how artificial intelligence concentrates power, and what democracy loses when courts and markets become battlefields. Active in the German and international media landscape, his analyses appear regularly on this platform. Full bio โ†’ | Support the investigation โ†’

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