Cartier Jewelry Heir Charged With Money Laundering Through USDT

Published 5 hours ago on May 06, 2024
By Amara Khatri

The United States Justice Department has charged Maximilien de Hoop Cartier, a descendent of Louis Cartier, with collaborating with a Colombian drug cartel and laundering drug money using USDT.

Maximilien was arrested along with five Colombian nationals as he attempted to import 100 kg of cocaine and launder hundreds of millions of dollars.

Using USDT To Launder Drug Money
Law enforcement arrested Maximilien and five others after they had laundered over 14.5 million USDT, primarily through over-the-counter (OTC) transactions. Cartier is currently in custody in Miami, while his associates are being held in Colombian prisons. According to the authorities, Cartier, along with Leonardo de Jesus Zuluage Duque, Erica Milena Lopez Ortiz, and Felipe Estrada Echeverry, were members of a drug network that laundered millions worth of drug money using crypto.

Cartier is also alleged to have made a series of financial offenses, resulting in millions of unlawful transactions.

“Today’s announcement serves as a reminder that criminals do not fit a certain mold. While Maximilien de Hoop Cartier represents himself as a member of a family associated with wealth and luxury, he stands accused of executing a bank fraud scheme where hundreds of millions in criminal funds were laundered. Both here and in Colombia, he and his co-conspirators allegedly laundered drug-trafficking proceeds to the tune of over $14 million.”

More:
https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2024/05/cartier-jewelry-heir-charged-with-money-laundering-through-usdt

(OMG, he or his daddy hired the orchestra to play while they had someone taping it! He can't sing, either, of course. Icing on the cake.)

My ears!