The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Philadelphia-based corporations R.S. Duffy Inc. and National A-1 Advertising Inc. were sentenced today in federal court in Williamsport before United States District Court Judge Christopher C.Conner.
Judge Conner sentenced the corporations to a term of 18 months’ probation and also imposed a $1.5 million fine and $800 special assessment pursuant to the terms of a plea agreement. In addition, Judge Conner ordered the criminal forfeiture of $4.9 million in cash derived from the unlawful activity as well as forfeiture of the domain name Escorts.com, all of which represent property used to facilitate the commission of the offenses.
…The money laundering conspiracy charge alleged that the defendants agreed to engage in monetary transactions of a value derived from those unlawful activities. The defendants created and maintained a network of Internet customer service accounts, which facilitated and caused the transfer and movement of the proceeds of the unlawful activities from locations throughout the United States, including the Middle District of Pennsylvania, to the defendants’ business operations center at 106 South 7th Street in Philadelphia and to the defendants’ accounts at financial institutions, investment funds, and financial services providers.
Detailed FBI press release link: here