London Fintech Owner Accused of Facilitating Massive Drug Money Laundering via Crypto
A fintech owner in London is under scrutiny for allegedly assisting notorious drug traffickers in laundering hundreds of millions of euros through a crypto exchange platform. Caio Marchesani, the 38-year-old Italian owne...
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Caio Marchesani, the 38-year-old Italian owner of Trans-Fast Remittance, a regulated payments business, is accused of knowingly hoarding cash for Sergio Roberto De Carvalho, a Brazilian drug lord, and managing crypto accounts for Flor Bressers, a Belgian criminal known as the "finger cutter."...
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