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Asia In Brief Australia’s Federal Police (AFP) last week announced charges against four suspects for alleged participation in a money-laundering scheme that involved a security company’s armored cash transport unit.

The unnamed security company transferred cash between businesses and banks. A taskforce investigating a series of suspicious transactions alleges the security company mixed cash from its legitimate business arm with illicit funds deposited by suspected criminals.

The AFP alleges the security company “channeled the money through a web of transactions including through a sales promotion company, a classic car dealership and cryptocurrency exchange services.” The company then allegedly paid laundered money to its clients as cryptocurrency or through the third-party companies.

The Australian feds allege the scheme’s operators washed AU$190 million ($124 million).

Those charged include the director and general manager of the security company, an alleged client of the scheme, and a man who it ...