THE BLOCK: A Colombia-based crypto broker has been sentenced to 160 months in prison for helping launder drug trafficking proceeds through Tether's USDT and participating in a scheme to import cocaine into the U.S., the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Leonardo de Jesus Zuluaga Duque, along with five others, helped launder approximately $14.5 million in USDT between May and November 2023 through a network of crypto accounts, shell companies and money transfers between the U.S. and Colombia. He was also ordered to forfeit $14.75 million and cryptocurrency held in four addresses he controlled.