In keeping with the USA Lawyer’s Workplace, John Khuu, 29, of San Francisco pleaded responsible to commit cash laundering and conspiracy to function an unlicensed cash transmitting enterprise. He was sentenced to 87 months in federal jail on Wednesday.
Davilyn Walston, the general public affairs officer for the U.S Lawyer’s Workplace Jap District of Texas, mentioned Khuu pleaded responsible in Tyler on Might 18, 2022, charged with conspiracy to commit cash laundering. On Aug. 17, 2022, Khu was indicted in California and charged with illegal importation of a Schedule I managed substance. Khuu was arrested in Backyard Grove, California on Aug. 19, 2022.
Khu reportedly imported counterfeit ecstacy tablets from Germany and distributed them to prospects throughout the USA over the web. Prospects paid for these purchases via cryptocurrency, primarily Bitcoin to Khuu’s vendor account.
Khuu and co-conspirators then traded Bitcoin for U.S forex, laundering and transmitting the cash via lots of of transactions and dozens of economic accounts.
