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NEWS: Tech unicorn Deel files to dismiss ‘downright false’ money laundering claims

By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent

U.S. payroll startup Deel has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of enabling money laundering.

The lawsuit was filed earlier this month in Miami by Melanie Damian, a court-appointed receiver representing victims of a Ponzi scheme run by Brent Seaman and his firm, Surge Capital.

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