The use of digital currency has exploded among fentanyl traffickers, with transactions for fentanyl ingredients surging 450% in the last year through April, according to data from private crypto-tracking analysis firm Elliptic. Federal agents are doing everything they can to catch up.
The scheme involved two of the cartel’s top money launderers directing US-based couriers to pick up cash from fentanyl traffickers and deposit the money to cryptocurrency accounts controlled by the cartel, the indictment said. “Not every seizure is going to get you to Chapo Guzman,” said Brown, the DHS official in Arizona.
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