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Criminal

Mar. 15, 2024

Probationary drug dealer accused of laundering crypto

The indictment alleges that funds from the convict’s drug trafficking were stored in cryptocurrency accounts at the time of his arrest and conviction, but some were not uncovered until he attempted to access them after his release in 2019.

A convicted drug trafficker who used the Silk Road website to solicit drug orders has been accused of laundering the proceeds of those crimes through cryptocurrency almost a decade after his conviction.

A federal grand jury returned a nine-count indictment Thursday against Matthew Gillum, charging him with engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity, a new release issued by the U.S. attorney’s o...

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