A Californian man was sentenced to more than seven years behind bars on accusations with regard to the operation of an underground drug trafficking powered by Bitcoin (BTC) transfers.
Federal Public Prosecutors say that John Khuu has illegally forged pharmaceutical and MDMA pills from Germany and then used dark web markets to distribute the illegal substances in the US.
Khuu, 29, was paid in Bitcoin and other crypto assets, which he and his fellow samplers had exchanged for American currency, which was subsequently laundered and transferred to dozens of different accounts.
The inhabitant of California was charged in May 2022 in the eastern district of Texas and accused of conspiracy to conduct money. Three months later, Khuu was also sued in the northern district of California and accused of illegal import of a scheme I regulated substance. He was arrested by agents in Garden Grove, California, a few days after the second indictment.
The arrest of Khuu was the result of ‘Operation Crypto Runner’, a multi-agency law enforcement that resulted in a series of charges filed against 21 people for their alleged involvement in money laundering of transnational money.
Last year, Khuu argued guilty of conspiracy to carry out money, conspiracy to exploit a company without a permit and the import of MDMA.
This week, the American district judge J. Campbell Barker sentenced him to 87 months in the federal prison.
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