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Crypto enforcement: money laundering

47 US enforcement actions involving money laundering in crypto since January 2024.

47 actions since January 2024

DateAgencyActionStageFigure
21 Oct 2026DOJA Colombia-based crypto broker was sentenced to 160 months for laundering about $14.5 million in Tether drug proceeds and a cocaine import plot.Sentence$14.8m forfeiture
09 Sept 2026DOJDOJ's Scam Center Strike Force seized Telegram channels and wallets of Xinbi Guarantee marketplace and restrained $52 million in crypto.Seizure or forfeiture$52.0m laundering
09 Jul 2026DOJA Bulgarian man serving a federal sentence is charged with moving about $290,000 in forfeited cryptocurrency through exchanges and mixers.Criminal charge$290,000 laundering
11 Jun 2026DOJTwo men in Georgia were arrested and charged with running AudiA6, a crypto laundering service alleged to have laundered over $389 million.Criminal charge$389.7m laundering
09 Jun 2026DOJA Newcastle, Washington man was sentenced to five years for laundering oil-and-gas investment fraud proceeds via bank accounts and crypto.Sentence$97.1m laundering
28 Apr 2026DOJA French resident was sentenced to eight years for laundering over $470 million in drug proceeds via shell companies and a crypto OTC exchange.Sentence$470.0m laundering
09 Feb 2026DOJA dual national of China and St. Kitts and Nevis was sentenced in absentia to 20 years for laundering crypto scam proceeds from Cambodian scam centers.Sentence$73.6m laundering
29 Jan 2026DOJThe government obtained final forfeiture of over $400 million in crypto, real estate and other assets tied to the Helix darknet mixer.Seizure or forfeiture$400.0m forfeiture
27 Jan 2026DOJA Chinese national was sentenced to 46 months for laundering over $36.9 million from victims of a Cambodia-based crypto investment scam.Sentence$36.9m laundering
19 Nov 2025DOJTwo co-founders of the Samourai Wallet crypto mixer were sentenced to five and four years in prison for laundering over $237 million.Sentence$237.8m laundering
18 Nov 2025DOJThe founder of a Chicago crypto ATM company and the company were indicted in an alleged $10 million money laundering conspiracy.Criminal charge$10.0m laundering
18 Nov 2025DOJA California man pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy for laundering at least $25 million from a social engineering crypto theft ring.Guilty plea$25.0m laundering
13 Nov 2025DOJFederal prosecutors in Georgia announced civil forfeiture of about $1.19 million in crypto tied to a real estate agent fraud and laundering network.Seizure or forfeiture$1.2m forfeiture
18 Sept 2025DOJA Montana man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a conspiracy that laundered over $2.4 million in scam proceeds through cryptocurrency.Sentence$2.4m laundering
08 Sept 2025DOJA California man was sentenced to 51 months for laundering over $36.9M from victims of a Cambodia-based crypto investment scam.Sentence$36.9m laundering
06 Aug 2025DOJCo-founders of Samourai Wallet crypto mixer pleaded guilty to conspiring to run an unlicensed money transmitter moving crime proceeds.Guilty plea$237.8m forfeiture
06 Aug 2025DOJA Tornado Cash co-founder was convicted by a jury of conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business moving over $1B.Conviction$1.00bn laundering
09 Jun 2025DOJFive men pleaded guilty to laundering over $36.9 million from victims of a Cambodia-based digital asset investment scam.Guilty plea$36.9m laundering
13 Mar 2025DOJA San Francisco man was sentenced to 87 months for laundering darknet drug sale proceeds through cryptocurrency.Sentence—
07 Mar 2025DOJDOJ and partners took down Garantex exchange infrastructure, seized domains, froze $26M, and unsealed charges against two operators.Seizure or forfeiture$96.00bn laundering
07 Mar 2025DOJDOJ took down Garantex exchange domains, froze over $26M, and unsealed charges against two operators for alleged laundering and sanctions evasion.Criminal charge$96.00bn laundering
27 Feb 2025DOJA Montana man was convicted by a jury of laundering over $2.4 million in scam proceeds through cryptocurrency.Conviction$2.4m laundering
03 Feb 2025DOJTwo Chinese chemical company executives were convicted of fentanyl precursor importation and money laundering; $900,000 in crypto seized.Conviction$900,000 forfeiture
17 Jan 2025DOJAn Indian national who ran a crypto-to-cash laundering service on dark net markets was sentenced to 121 months in prison.Sentence$20.0m laundering
15 Jan 2025DOJCrypto exchange BitMEX was sentenced to a $100 million fine and two years' probation for willfully violating the Bank Secrecy Act.Sentence$100.0m penalty
10 Jan 2025DOJThree Russian nationals were charged with money laundering for allegedly operating the crypto mixers Blender.io and Sinbad.io.Criminal charge—
16 Dec 2024DOJFederal prosecutors in Seattle forfeited about 32.68 Bitcoin tied to a business email compromise scheme, aiming to repay victims.Seizure or forfeiture$900,000 forfeiture
12 Dec 2024DOJA Houston couple was sentenced to prison for running an unlicensed money transmitting business that laundered drug proceeds via virtual currency.Sentence$33.0m laundering
25 Nov 2024DOJA Massachusetts man was convicted at trial of money laundering and running an unlicensed business converting cash to Bitcoin.Conviction$25,000 laundering
20 Nov 2024DOJNine people were charged with laundering drug cash into cryptocurrency for Mexican and Colombian cartels and running unlicensed money transmission.Criminal charge—
15 Nov 2024DOJAn Ohio man who operated the Helix darknet bitcoin mixer was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to forfeit over $400M.Sentence$311.1m laundering
14 Nov 2024DOJA hacker was sentenced to five years in prison for laundering about 120,000 bitcoin stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex hack.Sentence—
12 Nov 2024DOJA foreign national pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder at least $73.6 million from crypto investment scam victims via shell companies and USDT.Guilty plea$73.6m laundering
08 Nov 2024DOJThe operator of the Bitcoin Fog darknet mixer was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for laundering about $400 million in bitcoin.Sentence$395.6m forfeiture
28 Oct 2024DOJAn Indiana man was charged in a superseding indictment with money laundering and tax crimes tied to running unlicensed exchange AurumXchange.Criminal charge$30.0m laundering
26 Sept 2024DOJTwo Russian nationals charged with running money laundering services and carding sites; DOJ seizes domains of crypto exchanges including Cryptex.Criminal charge$1.15bn laundering
10 Jul 2024DOJBitMEX operator HDR Global Trading pled guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by willfully failing to maintain an AML program.Guilty plea—
17 May 2024DOJTwo Chinese nationals were arrested and charged with laundering at least $73 million from crypto investment scams through shell companies.Criminal charge$73.0m laundering
24 Apr 2024DOJTwo co-founders of crypto mixer Samourai Wallet were arrested and charged with money laundering and unlicensed money transmitting conspiracies.Criminal charge$100.0m laundering
11 Apr 2024DOJA Jacksonville, Florida woman pleaded guilty to laundering drug trafficking proceeds through cryptocurrency to buy drugs on the dark web.Guilty plea—
26 Mar 2024DOJA San Francisco man pleaded guilty to laundering dark web drug sale proceeds through cryptocurrency and importing MDMA.Guilty plea—
15 Mar 2024DOJA Queens man was sentenced to 16 months in prison for laundering Bitcoin he believed was drug proceeds and running an unlicensed money business.Sentence$133,000 laundering
14 Mar 2024DOJA former Loomis, California man was indicted on charges of laundering Silk Road drug proceeds received in Bitcoin.Criminal charge—
12 Mar 2024DOJA Russian-Swedish man was convicted by a jury of running the Bitcoin Fog darknet mixer, which laundered about $400 million in bitcoin.Conviction$400.0m laundering
13 Feb 2024DOJA Keene, New Hampshire man convicted of bitcoin money laundering was ordered to pay $3.5 million restitution to 29 victims and forfeit assets.Other action$3.5m restitution
25 Jan 2024DOJA former law firm partner was sentenced to 10 years in prison for laundering about $400 million in OneCoin fraud proceeds.Sentence$400.0m laundering
08 Jan 2024DOJA Maryland father was sentenced to 19 months, joining his son's 54-month term, for laundering darknet drug trafficking Bitcoin proceeds.Sentence$65.0m forfeiture

Each row is one published step in a case, linked to its source document, so a case can appear again as it moves from charge to plea to sentence. Where one step was announced twice within days, it counts once. Justice Department rows are press releases whose headline names crypto. Figures are the main amount each document states, and for charges they are allegations. Allegations are unproven unless a conviction, plea or settlement is stated. Summaries and stages are machine-read from the document and checked automatically, so the linked document is the authority.

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