Krdytkyu

I have this issue. Someone that I know but not on a very grand scale is sending money every 2 to 3 days to the Philippines for past few months. He mentioned that he is sending the money to his family in Philippines and they will use this money to travel to United States.

It has been quite some time and no one has come to United States.

The issue I have is; In Money Gram Office, Instead of filling the form in his name and sending out the money;

He gives me the money and its my name on the Form as the sender. In the Money Gram office I show my ID as if I am doing the transaction.

He mentioned that he couldn’t send the money because he had met the max amount of money that can be sent out. This why he asked me if I would help him out doing that.

Well for the first and second and maybe third time, I thought that it was OK. But now I have probably done it for him roughly 30 to 40 times. He puts the Money Gram form in my name and he hands me the money and I go to the counter and that’s the way it goes. I have noticed there are two Or three names he uses on the form to collect it.

What I need to know is will I get in trouble for doing this? And does anyone have an idea of what he is doing and why he can’t fulfill this obligation himself?? please help

1. Stop doing this. If your friend contacts you, don't answer until you've followed through on step 2.


2. Go get a lawyer. They might advise you to contact the police and tell the police what's been going on before you get a knock on the door with a warrent behind it.

Here is why: you are almost certainly inadvertently participating in money laundering. The funds are going through you and being "cleaned".

Scam/Criminal.

There is no limit how much money he can send into the world, so the excuse is BS.

Of course, nobody can say for sure, but the chances are that it is money laundry: Illegally acquired cash is paid in, and the receiver sends it right back as a clean electronic transfer. When the FBI (or the DEA or another alphabet-soup-agency) catches up to it, they will knock on your door, your ID will be on the transfers, and you will go to jail for money laundering. Your 'friend' probably has a dozen other friends already doing that for him, and none of them knows his real name.