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Shahnaz Filed Indictment
Shahnaz Filed Indictment
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THE GRAND JURY CHARGES:
SEYBERl;J.
1. In or about and between March 2017 and August 201 7, both dates
being approximate and inclusive, within the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, the
defendant ZOOBIA SHAHNAZ, together with others, did knowingly and intentionally
execute and attempt to execute a scheme and artifice to defraud one or more financial
institutions, to wit: American Express Bank, Chase Bank, Discover Bank and TD Bank
(collectively, "the financial institutions"), the deposits of which were insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, and to obtain money and funds under the custody and control
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1344, 2 and 3551 et seq.)
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COUNT TWO
(Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering)
2. In or about and between March 2017 and August 2017, both dates
being approximate and inclusive, within the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, the
defendant ZOOBIA SHAHNAZ, together with others, did knowingly and intentionally
conspire to transport, transmit and transfer funds from a place in the United States to and
through one or more places outside the United States, to wit: Pakistan, China and Turkey,
with the intent to promote the carrying on of a specified unlawful activity, to wit: providing
material support to a foreign terrorist organization, in violation of Title 18, United States
Code, Section 2339B, and knowing that the funds involved in the transportation,
transmission, and transfer would represent the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity
and knowing that such transportation, transmission, and transfer would be designed in whole
and in part to conceal and disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, and control of the
under State and Federal law, contrary to Title 18, United States Code, Sections
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1956(h) and 3551 et seq.)
COUNT THREE
(Money Laundering to Support a Foreign Terrorist Organization)
3. In or about and between March 2017 and August 2017, both dates
being approximate and inclusive, within the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, the
defendant ZOOBIA SHAHNAZ, together with others, did knowingly and intentionally
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transport, transmit and transfer and attempt to transport, transmit and transfer funds, to wit:
United States currency, from a place in the United States to and through one or more places
outside the United States, to wit: Pakistan, China and Turkey, with the intent to promote the
terrorist organization, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2339B.
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1956(a)(2)(A), 2 and 3551 et seq.)
COUNTFOUR
(Money Laundering to Conceal Proceeds of Unlawful Activity)
4. In or about and between March 201 7 and August 2017, both dates
being approximate and inclusive, within the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, the
defendant ZOOBIA SHAHNAZ, together with others, did knowingly and intentionally
transport, transmit and transfer and attempt to transport, transmit and transfer funds, to wit:
United States currency, from a place in the United States to and through one or more places
outside the United States, to wit: Pakistan, China and Turkey, knowing that the funds
involved in the transportation represented the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity and
knowing that such transportation was designed in whole and in part to conceal and disguise
the nature, location, source, ownership and control of the proceeds of specified unlawful
activity, to wit: bank fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344.
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1956(a)(2)(B)(i), 2 and 3551 et seq.)
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COUNT FIVE
(Money Laundering to Avoid Transaction Reporting Requirements)
5. In or about and between March 201 7 and August 2017, both dates
being approximate and inclusive, within the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, the
defendant ZOOBIA SHAHNAZ, together with others, did knowingly and intentionally
transport, transmit and transfer and attempt to transport, transmit and transfer funds, to wit:
United States currency, from a place in the United States to and through one or more places
outside the United States, to wit: Pakistan, China and Turkey, knowing that the funds
involved in the transportation represented the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity and
knowing that such transportation was designed in whole and in part to avoid a transaction
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1956(a)(2)(B)(ii), 2 and 3551 et seq.)
6. The United States hereby gives notice to the defendant that, upon her
conviction of the offense charged in Count One, the government will seek forfeiture in
accordance with Title 18, United States Code, Section 982( a)(2), which requires the
forfeiture of any property, real or personal, involved in such offense, or any property
it is the intent of the United States, pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(p),
to seek forfeiture of any other property of the defendant up to the value of the forfeitable
(Title 18, United States Code, Section 982(a)(2); Title 21, United States Code,
Section 853(p))
8. The United States hereby gives notice to the defendant that, upon her
conviction of any of the offenses charged in Counts Two through Five, the government will
seek forfeiture in accordance with Title 18, United States Code, Section 982( a)( 1), which
requires the forfeiture of any property, real or personal, involved in such offenses, or any
it is the intent of the United States, pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(p),
to seek forfeiture of any other property of the defendant up to the value of the forfeitable
(Title 18, United States Code, Section 982(a)( I); Title 21, United States Code,
Section 853(p))
A TRUE BILL
FOREPfiSON
BR1DGET M."koifoE
ACTING UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
EASTERN DISTR1CT OF NEW YORK
( F. #2016ROl828
FORMDBD-34 No.
JUN. 85
CRIMINAL DIVISION
ZOOBIA SHAHNAZ,
Defendant.
INDICTMENT
(T. 18, U.S.C., 1344, l 956(a)(2)(A), l 956(a)(2)(B)(i),
1956(a)(2)(B)(ii), 1956(h), 2 and 3551 etllil.; T. 21, U.S.C., 853(p))
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