New Zealand Resident Accused of Cryptocurrency Money Laundering

Citizen of New Zealand, whose name is kept secret, accused of laundering money using cryptocurrencies and buying luxury cars.

According to the local publication Nzherald, 40-The summer resident of Auckland was charged with approximately 30 cases of laundering money. A resident of New Zealand was arrested as part of a major operation to remove illegal assets - he found cryptocurrencies, bought for illegal funds.

In addition, the accused used premium cars for money laundering. So, He bought Lamborghini for 421 000 New Zealand dollars and Mercedes G63 for 288 000. Thanks to his activities, he also bought real estate in the eastern region of Auckland for 1.7 Milln New Zealand dollars.

According to the accused, Money for laundering was transferred to him by a man at the Airport of Auckland earlier this year. Recall, that an international operation to capture criminals has recently underwent, laundered money with cryptocurrencies. Europol arrested 14 members of the QQAAZZ group in different European countries.

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