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Florida Man Arrested By US Officials For Allegedly Laundering Drug Proceeds With Cryptocurrency

Ramsey Baker

Summary: United States officials have arrested a man in Florida for allegedly using cryptocurrencies and cashier's checks to conceal the origins of funds related to drug running. According to a filing, first noted by George Washington University's Seamus Hughes, the Southern District of Florida, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Drew Gizzi alleged that Pedro ...

United States officials have arrested a man in Florida for allegedly using cryptocurrencies and cashier's checks to conceal the origins of funds related to drug running.

According to a filing, first noted by George Washington University's Seamus Hughes, the Southern District of Florida, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Drew Gizzi alleged that Pedro Antonio Aquino-Eufracia was a member of "a large-scale, international Money Laundering Organization" (MLO), with members based in New Jersey, Florida, the Dominican Republic and various other location that went unnamed 

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