Is the party over?
A mysterious Miami party boy, Daniel Liburdi, along with three others, has been indicted by the US Attorney’s Office in Florida for alleged conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The alleged financial ruse raked in millions, and led to the purchase of three luxury mansions on ritzy Hibiscus Island, as well as one in the Caribbean, according to the feds. One of the island mansions is worth over $40 million.
Liburdi, 35, has made a name on the Miami, Fla., social scene for throwing over-the-top parties at one Hibiscus Island home which has royally irked some of his wealthy neighbors.
Liburdi’s Instagram is full of pictures showing a lavish lifestyle, including topless pool shots, a Blade helicopter and a yacht in Monaco.
The buff dude was previously part of a group of area residents who battled Miami Beach officials over a recent crackdown on extravagant, “commercial-grade” bash during last year’s Art Basel.
(During the December festivities, Leonardo DiCaprio’s charity, Re:wild, threw an intimate bash at one of the Hibiscus Island homes that brought out starry guests including Jamie Foxx, Steve Aoki, Daymond John and Soleil Moon Frye. Though the house was not rented directly from Liburdi.)
Liburdi along with three others, is accused of raking in $128,144,908.66 in a scheme that included submitting fraudulent applications to U.S. financial institutions to obtain merchant processing accounts, according to a release from the US Attorney’s office on the newly unsealed indictment.
“After fraudulently obtaining these merchant accounts, the conspirators were then able to accept credit and debit cards to further an e-commerce enterprise which used high-risk and unscrupulous sales techniques,” it reads.
They then allegedly used the proceeds to purchase things like advertising services in order to move “criminal proceeds in and…
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