Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Uso de \"laranjas\"
English translation:
Straw men
Portuguese term
Australia
15 years in Medical Research, BSc, PhD
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Uso de "laranjas"
Sentence is as follows:
"A Procuradoria Geral da República afirmou que depósitos em espécie abrem margem para a prática de fraudes, como o uso de laranjas."
Oct 29, 2020 13:18: Matheus Chaud changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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Proposed translations
Brazil
Translation; Subtitles; Transcription
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Portuguese
Straw men
"a person whose importance or function is only nominal, as to cover another's activities; front".
United Kingdom
Marketing, Business, Lit. & Localization
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
fronts / front people
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Huh, apparently "strawman" can also refer to someone who's used as a cover for illegal activities. I'd probably shy away from using that one though, as it's more commonly used (I feel) to refer to the logical fallacy.
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Egon Lessa
: O famoso "testa de ferro".
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César Nascimento
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Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Engineer:Oil&Gas/Electron/Finan/Law/HSEQ
Native in: Norwegian , Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Norwegian to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 19 more.
use of stooges
Aug 24, 2008 — But, switch the gender and you get a new meaning: o cara (the guy/the bloke/the man) and o laranja (a stooge/an intermediary). In both cases ...
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Sep 16, 2016 — Corruption (i.e., to promise, offer, give, directly or indirectly, undue advantage to public official or related third party / use of stooges). –.
Brazil
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Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: Portuguese to English
Bagman
informal•US
an agent who collects or distributes the proceeds of illicit activities.
"one million dollars cash paid to the general's bagman"
2.
Canadian
a political fundraiser.
"the prime minister further tightened the rules by banning corporate donations entirely. The era of the Ottawa bagman has ended"
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2 : a person who on behalf of another collects or distributes illicitly gained money broadly : an intermediary in an illicit or unethical transaction
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
The use of schills/shills
the perpetration of fraud, including the fraudulent use of unwitting third parties ("laranjas").
Use of "money mules"
Money mules take part in money laundering activities by, often unwittingly, receiving and transferring illegally obtained money between bank accounts and countries.
FBI Plans Wave of Money Mule Arrests...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_mule
https://www.businessandindustry.co.uk/financial-crime/money-mules-doing-the-launderers-donkey-work/
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