Maryland Woman Sentenced For Laundering Funds Stolen From Fraud Schemes

March 10, 2026

Fraud, Bribery & CorruptionMaryland Woman Sentenced For Laundering Funds Stolen From Fraud Schemes

Greenbelt, Maryland – A Maryland woman received a federal-prison sentence today, in connection with a money laundering scheme. U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Tanoa Tanoh, 35, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, to 30 months in prison and ordered her to repay $1,037,762 to victims of the fraud scheme.

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