New York Police Officer launders money for prostitution

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A former employee of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) was convicted of conspiracy to launder the proceeds of prostitution and sentenced to 15 months in prison.

In addition, 45-year-old Michael Rizzi confiscated access to 58 websites, $ 120 247 and a house in Florida, bought by him from prostitution income, reports Border and Customs Control Service.

The criminal scheme in which Rizzi participated was valid from June 2012 of the year to May of 2016.

Rizzi, in fact, engaged in pimping, managing a group of professional prostitutes and laundering the money received from this.

He ran a sex service called BJM / Manhattan Stakes and Entertainment (BJM). Bjm she advertised her services on dozens of websites, and also hired telephone operators and drivers to arrange meetings between prostitutes and clients and collect money.

Prostitutes working in BJMtook $ 2000 per hour from their customers. Some of the company's customers spent more than $ 100 thousand on these services, and some users paid more than $ 25 thousand overnight. In the course of its activities BJM Got millions of dollars.

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