The Manhattan District Attorney accuses 'party organizer' Thomas Spieker of laundering $2.7 million in Bitcoin and cash for drug dealers and other criminals. JPRubin23 reports.
The Manhattan District Attorney announced charges in a bitcoin money laundering scheme. a former party organizer with laundering $2.7 million in bitcoin and cash to help multiple clients hide money they alegedly earned from illegal activities, the office announced Thursday.
“As alleged, this sprawling web of international money laundering helped drug traffickers, an organized crime ring, and scammers hide their criminal activity and transmit their proceeds around the globe,” New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in the announcement. “This case shows us how new technologies like cryptocurrency can become key drivers of a wide range of criminal activity that can easily span across the globe.
Dustin Sites, 32, whom the DA says aided Spieker in the scheme, faces one count of unlicensed money transmission. Several of Spieker's clients, whom the Manhattan DA also investigated, face charges on running an illegal drug marketplace on the dark web and an identify theft scheme, the latter of which allegedly victimized 30 people.
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