{"id":9266,"date":"2025-07-19T11:28:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T11:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/?p=9266"},"modified":"2025-07-19T13:33:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T13:33:45","slug":"ha-jeweller-frank-suppanz-loses-laundering-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/?p=9266","title":{"rendered":"HA jeweller Frank Suppanz loses laundering appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/frank-suppanz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"628\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9267\" \/><br \/>\nFrank Suppanz, jeweller and self-proclaimed member of the HAMC has lost his appeal to overturn $66,000 in penalties for violations of Canada\u2019s anti-money laundering laws. In 2023, Fintrac spanked Austin Jewellers with two $33,000 penalties for violations of the federal Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act. Austin Jewellers\u2019 owner Frank Suppanz claimed the Hells Angels was \u201ca motorcycle club not a criminal organization.\u201d He confirmed he was a member of the group, making and repairing jewelry for other members for 18 years as a \u201ccommunity-based jewelry repair shop.\u201d His lawyer Jordan Allington said the case shows Fintrac is punishing small \u201cmom and pop\u201d businesses.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20665375.png-500x375-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20665375.png-500x375-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20665375.png-500x375-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nSuppanz had told the director of Fintrac that he had a 100-page procedure manual but couldn&#8217;t find it.  In 2019 he provided a three-page document to Fintrac that failed to show his business was complying with the law. Suppanz described the penalties as \u201charsh and extreme\u201d, suggesting $500 was more appropriate. The storefront operation closed in 2021, but the business continued online through a <a href=\"https:\/\/austinjewellers.com\/\"> website<\/a> and Facebook page. &#8216;Frank the Jeweller&#8217; Suppanz didn&#8217;t help his cause.   <\/p>\n<table><tR><\/p>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1538246237850.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<p><Td>\u201cYou will not break me,\u201d an October 2024 Facebook post states. \u201cThe money laundering that goes on in your casinos is crazy. I don\u2019t have some paperwork. And you fine me to the point of destroying Austin Jewellers is crazy.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p> The judge wrote that Suppanz&#8217;s submissions that he had bookmarked Canada&#8217;s anti-money laundering laws on his computer browser \u201cdid not constitute compliance.\u201d The biker had made \u201cno improvement\u201d in compliance and risk assessment policies and procedures after getting fingered by Fintrac. \u201cThe director\u2019s reasons were clear that the violations were serious,\u201d  The judge dismissed the appeal and ordered Suppanz to pay $2,000 in legal fees. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Suppanz, jeweller and self-proclaimed member of the HAMC has lost his appeal to overturn $66,000 in penalties for violations of Canada\u2019s anti-money laundering laws. In 2023, Fintrac spanked Austin Jewellers with two $33,000 penalties for violations of the federal Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act. Austin Jewellers\u2019 owner Frank Suppanz claimed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/frank-suppanz-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9266"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9403,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9266\/revisions\/9403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}