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  1. Read the article... Link: http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1305/130521rapidcity.htm

     

     

    News Releases
    May 21, 2013
    Rapid City, SD
    South Dakota man pleads guilty to evading reporting requirements for importing foreign currency
    Will forfeit assets worth $1.2 million

     

    RAPID CITY, S.D. – A western South Dakota man pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to evading federal reporting requirements for importing foreign currency. As part of a plea agreement he will forfeit currency and assets with an estimated value of $1.2 million.

    This guilty plea resulted from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation (IRS CI), with the cooperation of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Lead, S.D., Police Department.

    David Olmsted, aka Dale Cooper Jr., 60, of Lead, S.D., pleaded guilty to evading reporting requirements for foreign currency transactions. According to court records, Olmsted will forfeit assets and currency worth at least $1.2 million, to include:

    • $290,000 in bank accounts,
    • about 449,000,000 Iraqi dinars (valued at $404,000), and
    • about $500,000 in vehicles, collectible coins, and additional substitute assets.

    Olmsted may also be required to pay restitution to his financial investors.

    • According to court documents, Olmsted arranged for shipments of Iraqi dinars, the country’s currency, to be sent from the country of Jordan to the United States in split shipments in February 2011. He had previously been federally licensed to conduct foreign currency transactions in 2004 and 2006, but his license lapsed in 2008. Also, importing Iraqi currency is against federal law.

    Federal law also requires the reporting of all transactions exceeding $10,000. Olmsted illegally split the shipments to avoid exceeding that amount, and to avoid having to report the shipments to the U.S. Department of Treasury. He always had these shipments sent to residential addresses, rather than those of his businesses.

    In addition, he solicited investors to fund his activities in a convoluted financial scam, whereby he promised to convert U.S. currency to dinars by selling and buying jewelry and collectible coins. He promised significant returns on the exchange of dinars for dollars to his investors.

    Olmsted funneled the illicit proceeds through business and personal bank accounts in South Dakota and Wyoming. He used the proceeds from his scam to finance Internet sales and purchases of foreign currency, jewelry and collectible coins via two businesses he previously owned: Black Hills President’s Park, and the Iraqi Dinar Financial Group, both based out of his home.

    In addition to the forfeiture of his assets, the maximum penalty upon conviction is five years’ imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine. A pre-sentence investigation was ordered and a sentencing date was set for Sept. 13. Olmsted was released on bond pending sentencing.

     

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    News Releases
    May 21, 2013
    Rapid City, SD
    South Dakota man pleads guilty to evading reporting requirements for importing foreign currency
    Will forfeit assets worth $1.2 million

     

    RAPID CITY, S.D. – A western South Dakota man pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to evading federal reporting requirements for importing foreign currency. As part of a plea agreement he will forfeit currency and assets with an estimated value of $1.2 million.

    This guilty plea resulted from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation (IRS CI), with the cooperation of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Lead, S.D., Police Department.

    David Olmsted, aka Dale Cooper Jr., 60, of Lead, S.D., pleaded guilty to evading reporting requirements for foreign currency transactions. According to court records, Olmsted will forfeit assets and currency worth at least $1.2 million, to include:

    • $290,000 in bank accounts,
    • about 449,000,000 Iraqi dinars (valued at $404,000), and
    • about $500,000 in vehicles, collectible coins, and additional substitute assets.

    Olmsted may also be required to pay restitution to his financial investors.

    According to court documents, Olmsted arranged for shipments of Iraqi dinars, the country’s currency, to be sent from the country of Jordan to the United States in split shipments in February 2011. He had previously been federally licensed to conduct foreign currency transactions in 2004 and 2006, but his license lapsed in 2008. Also, importing Iraqi currency is against federal law.

    Federal law also requires the reporting of all transactions exceeding $10,000. Olmsted illegally split the shipments to avoid exceeding that amount, and to avoid having to report the shipments to the U.S. Department of Treasury. He always had these shipments sent to residential addresses, rather than those of his businesses.

    In addition, he solicited investors to fund his activities in a convoluted financial scam, whereby he promised to convert U.S. currency to dinars by selling and buying jewelry and collectible coins. He promised significant returns on the exchange of dinars for dollars to his investors.

    Olmsted funneled the illicit proceeds through business and personal bank accounts in South Dakota and Wyoming. He used the proceeds from his scam to finance Internet sales and purchases of foreign currency, jewelry and collectible coins via two businesses he previously owned: Black Hills President’s Park, and the Iraqi Dinar Financial Group, both based out of his home.

    In addition to the forfeiture of his assets, the maximum penalty upon conviction is five years’ imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine. A pre-sentence investigation was ordered and a sentencing date was set for Sept. 13. Olmsted was released on bond pending sentencing.

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  2. Agreed he was avoiding the UST.  Question: Is it legal to get currency of any quantity out of Iraq, via Jordan to the US?

     

    This guys is in big trouble...

     

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    September 20, 2013
    Contact: Ace Crawford
    605-341-1915

     

    United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lead, South Dakota, man convicted of Unlawful Structure of Transactions to Evade Reporting Requirements was sentenced on September 13, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court. 

    David Olmsted, a/k/a Dale Cooper, Jr., age 60, was sentenced to 3 years’ probation, and was ordered to pay $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund and $178,867.08 in restitution to individuals who purchased dinar from Olmsted but did not receive it.
     
    In February 2011, Olmsted arranged for shipments of Iraqi Dinars, the country’s currency, to be sent from the country of Jordan to the United States in split shipments.  Olmsted was aware that every currency shipment had to reported if the value exceeded $10,000, so he split the shipments to avoid exceeding that amount and to avoid having to report the shipments to the Department of Treasury.  He pled guilty on May 21, 2013.

    This case was investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah B. Collins prosecuted the case.
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