| Money Launderer
Arrested in Miami Said Colombian
No Longer Touch Money Only
Tether
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
June 21 – A man arrested in
Miami International Airport as
a money launderer was up for
sentencing on June 21 before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Dale E. Ho. Inner City
Press was there; thread:
... The defendant
is describing how he was
arrested at Miami Int'l
Airport, says he is a
legitimate businessman
Bautista: I have
cried in my prison cell... I
have sought God. [Turns
to courtroom gallery and
speaks in Spanish] Perdoname.
Judge: We will
break then I will announce my
sentence. [Defendant speaks
with his family members who
are seated in front row]
[All rise]
Judge: The
defendant was kidnapped as a
child. The US wants 108
months. Defendant asks for 36
months. I will vary down but
not that much. I sentence you
to 66 months. No supervised
release because you should be
deported.
In
the docket is the quote,"'the
Colombian nowadays want
everything in USDT (i.e.
Tether, a cryptocurrency),"
with Bautista then confirming
that the Colombian cartel
members "don't touch money
anymore."
The case
is US v. Bautista, 23-cr-663
(Ho)
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