Certain Complicit Western. Union Agent Locations knowingly entered false addresses, telephone numbers, and personal identification document information into the Western Union Money Transfer System in order to pay the fraudulently induced transfers to the Fraudsters or retransfer the funds to other Complicit Western Union Agent Locations elsewhere. Through these actions, the Complicit Western Union Agent Locations concealed the true identities of the Fraudsters, as well as their involvement in the scheme. The Complicit Western Union Agent Locations received money, which was usually subtracted from the victims’ money transfers.
