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Brazilian police smash cryptocurrency money laundering scheme of drug gang PCC

On August 8, CoinDesk reported that the police in Sao Paulo, Brazil, dismantled a money laundering scheme managed by the drug gang "First Capital Command" (PCC, First Capital Command), which operated through a company that acted as a cryptocurrency exchange. According to CNN, the company traded for about 500 million reais (89 million dollars). During the raid, the police seized 55 million reais (8.90 million...

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2024-08-08 02:32:30
Brazilian police smash drug gang's cryptocurrency money laundering scheme, involving $89 million

The police in Sao Paulo, Brazil, said on the X (formerly Twitter) platform that the city had dismantled a money laundering scheme managed by drug gang First Capital Command (PCC), which operated a cryptocurrency exchange company. According to CNN, the company conducted transactions worth about 500 million reais ($89 million). During the raid, police seized checks worth 55 million reais ($8.90 million) at the company's headquarters, whose name has not been released. A recent report from The Econo...

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2024-08-07 18:48:15
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