Colombian National Sentenced To Over Thirteen Years For International Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Scheme Of Drug Trafficking Proceeds

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, announced today that LEONARDO DE JESUS ZULUAGA DUQUE, a/k/a “Rey”—who was charged with five other defendants in connection with schemes to launder hundreds of millions of dollars, including narcotics sale Proceeds, and import nine kilograms of cocaine into the United States—was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil to 160 months in prison.