PANews April 29 news, according to a announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice, French-Argentinian citizen Maximilien de Hoop Cartier was sentenced to eight years in prison for operating an unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange, laundering over $470 million through shell companies and cryptocurrency accounts. Cartier operated an over-the-counter cryptocurrency exchange since 2018, controlling a large network composed of U.S. shell companies, falsely claiming to banks that his business was software publishing and development, while actually converting cryptocurrencies into hard currency which was then transferred from the U.S. to criminal organizations in countries like Colombia. Cartier admitted to running an unlicensed remittance business and acknowledged that he misrepresented the nature of his business to banks. After his accounts were seized in 2021, Cartier provided federal agents with forged records, falsely claiming he was applying for a remittance license, which led to some of the seized funds being returned. Cartier was also ordered to forfeit approximately $2.36 million in commissions and related shell company accounts.

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