美國男子經營“無問題”現金對 - 比蒂幣轉換服務已被判處六年徒刑

一名美國男子經營著檢察官所說的“無問題”現金對 - 比蒂幣轉換服務已被判處六年徒刑，並被命令交出數百萬美元。

A US man operating what prosecutors called a “no questions asked” cash-to-Bitcoin conversion service has been sentenced to six years behind bars and was ordered to hand over millions of dollars.

一名美國男子經營著檢察官所說的“無問題”現金對 - 比蒂幣轉換服務已被判處六年徒刑，並被命令交出數百萬美元。

Judge Richard Stearns of Boston federal court sentenced Trung Nguyen, from Danvers, Massachusetts, to six years in prison followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered him to forfeit $1.5 million, the Boston US Attorney’s Office said on May 22.

波士頓美國檢察官辦公室說，波士頓聯邦法院的理查德·斯特恩斯（Richard Stearns）判處馬薩諸塞州丹佛斯（Danvers）的Trung Nguyen判處六年監禁，然後判處三年監督，並命令他沒收150萬美元。

Prosecutors said Nguyen ran an unlicensed money-transmitting business called National Vending between September 2017 and October 2020, which used various techniques he learned in an online course to evade authorities.

檢察官說，Nguyen在2017年9月至2020年10月之間經營著一家名為National Vending的無證貨幣傳輸業務，該業務使用了他在在線課程中學到的各種技術來逃避當局。

As part of the course, Nguyen was taught how to conceal his actual business from banks, crypto exchanges and state authorities by masquerading as a vending machine company that accepted cash deposits, had a list of fictional suppliers, and generally avoided using the phrase “Bitcoin” where possible.

作為課程的一部分，Nguyen被教導如何通過偽裝成一個自動售貨機公司，將其實際業務掩蓋其實際業務，加密交易所和州當局，該公司接受現金存款，有虛構的供應商清單，並且通常避免使用“比特幣”使用“比特幣”。

Among Nguyen’s customer base were several scam victims who were tricked by con artists overseas into converting cash into Bitcoin (BTC), as well as a drug dealer who sent $250,000 in cash across 10 transactions in 2018, according to prosecutors.

檢察官稱，在Nguyen的客戶群中有幾名騙局受害者被海外騙子欺騙，將現金轉換為比特幣（BTC），以及一名毒品交易商，他們在2018年在10筆交易中派出了25萬美元的現金。

The Justice Department said Nguyen converted more than $1 million to Bitcoin and “purposely failed” to register with the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) despite being required to do so under federal Anti-Money Laundering regulations.

司法部表示，Nguyen向比特幣轉變了超過100萬美元，“故意失敗”以在財政部的金融犯罪執法網絡（FINCEN）進行註冊，儘管根據聯邦反貨幣洗錢法規必須這樣做。

Nguyen also “failed to file Suspicious Activity Reports or Currency Transaction Reports on any of these transactions, including cash transactions of more than $10,000,” according to prosecutors.

檢察官說，Nguyen還“未能就這些交易中的任何一項提交可疑活動報告或貨幣交易報告，包括超過10,000美元的現金交易”。

Uncover cops sting Nguyen

發現警察刺痛nguyen

Nguyen would often meet his clients in person to accept large sums of cash, which is how he was caught, prosecutors said.

檢察官說，Nguyen經常會與他的客戶見面，接受大量現金，這就是他被抓住的方式。

A May 2023 indictment said that during several meetings with undercover law enforcement officers, he accepted cash and sent Bitcoin in return, taking just over 5% in commission.

2023年5月的起訴書說，在與臥底執法人員的幾次會議上，他接受了現金並派遣了比特幣作為回報，在佣金中僅佔5％以上。

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The indictment said Nguyen used encrypted messaging apps and “technologies that made it more difficult” to trace his Bitcoin transactions and broke up the cash deposits into smaller sums over consecutive days and at different branches of the same bank to evade notice by authorities.

起訴書說，Nguyen使用了加密的消息傳遞應用程序和“使他的比特幣交易更加困難的技術”連續幾天和在同一銀行的不同分支機構將現金存款分解為較小的款項，以逃避當局的通知。

Nguyen was charged with operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and two counts of money laundering. He pleaded not guilty to all charges in June 2023.

Nguyen被控經營無牌的貨幣傳輸業務和兩項洗錢罪。他在2023年6月對所有指控不認罪。

A jury convicted him in November on the unlicensed money-transmitting business charge and on just one of the money laundering charges, finding him not guilty of a separate money laundering charge.

陪審團於11月以無牌的貨幣傳遞商業指控和洗錢指控之一定罪，發現他沒有單獨的洗錢指控。