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August 28, 2008
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A Bridgeport federal grand jury has indicted five people, including the operators of Danbury and Bridgeport businesses on money laundering charges involving millions of dollars.
According to the indictment, the five are accused of conspiring to illegally transfer more than $22 million from the United States to Brazil.
The five, 52-year-old Marco Mansur of Waterbury; 37-year-old Renata Amaral and 40 Monica Teixeira (tuh-SHARE'-uh) of New Milford; and 29-year-old Nilander DeOliviera 38-year-old Andrea DeOliviera, both of Shelton, had been arrested by federal investigators last spring.
They're accused of conspiring to illegally transfer the funds they accepted from customers at their storefront businesses in Danbury and Bridgeport.
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