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Indian man sentenced to 10 years in prison for operating a cryptocurrency money laundering network

Indian man Anurag Pramod Murarka has been sentenced to 121 months in prison by a US court for running a global money laundering network that laundered more than $20 million in proceeds of crime. It is reported that Murarka provided money laundering services on the dark web market under aliases such as "elonmuskwhm" and "la2nyc" between April 2021 and September 2023. He instructed customers to send cryptocurrencies to specific wallets through encrypted communications, and then converted the funds into cash through India's "hawala" network. The investigation revealed that Murarka knew her clients were involved in illegal activities such as drug dealing and computer hacking. Under federal law, Murarka must serve at least 85 percent of her sentence and will receive three years of supervised probation upon release.