- The FBI recently filed charges against six individuals for their involvement in an unlicensed $30 million cryptocurrency money-transmitting operation in New York
- Their illicit activities, which have continued from July 2021 to September 2023, have revolved around using the darknet to convert cryptocurrencies into cash.
- Notably, one of the accused has been conditionally released, and an unidentified co-conspirator has hinted at illegal activities, including drug sales, and has claimed to have amassed $30 million in cash-for-crypto exchanges, with supporting photographic and video evidence.
The FBI last week pressed charges against six individuals accused of running an illicit $30 million money-transmitting operation