Alleged Con Man Now Faces Money Laundering Charges

Romanian man conducted international scheme from Woburn hotel, says federal agent.

  A Romanian man, whose last known address was in Woburn, is now facing federal money laundering charges after an investigation by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Catalin Buzea, 31, of 300 Presidential Way (Marriot Residence Inn) in Woburn, will be criminally charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering after allegedly knowingly engaging in financial transactions that affected "interstate commerce and foreign commerce." According to ICE Special Agent Timothy Costello, those transactions included wire fraud, mail fraud and passport fraud.  Agent Costello filed a criminal complaint against Buzea on April 26, which was accepted by United States Chief Magistrate Judge Leo Sorokin. According to Agent …