The US Department of Justice has released documents according to which the Latin American drug cartel was trying to bribe officials and purchase American passports for the stablecoin Tether. Decrypt writes about it.

US authorities accused drug cartel members of trying to buy passports with Tether stablecoin

US Department of Justice released documents, according to which Latin American drug cartel tried to bribe officials and acquire American passports with the stablecoin Tether. About writes this Decrypt.

Six suspects have been accused of laundering multimillion-dollar amounts in the interests of a drug cartel for 12 years. Five of them were born in China and lived in Latin America or the United States.
Presumably, they received money from selling cocaine in parking lots or in hotels, and then moved it between bank accounts, casinos and legal entities.

When an undercover Drug Enforcement Agency agent offered one of them the opportunity to buy an American passport for $150,000, he agreed and tried to pay in Tether along with dollars. The agent stated that he has connections in the American government, which he is ready to connect for a prepayment of $ 10,000.

According to the Ministry of Justice, the attackers transferred 1,000 USDT and 4,000 USDT as payment for forged documents in two separate episodes. They are also accused of conspiracy to spread drugs and money laundering, bribery and falsification of personal data. The maximum sentence on the charges brought against him is 20 years in prison. In addition, the authorities expect to recover from them at least $ 30 million..

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