US DOJ sentences international virtual currency vendor for ML conspiracy involving over $20m in criminal proceeds

Anurag Murarka has been sentenced for laundering over US$20 million in criminal proceeds between April 2021 and September 2023. Operating from India, he used dark web marketplaces and cryptocurrency working through a hawala network to deliver illicit cash to the US Murarka knowingly aided hackers and drug traffickers in hiding their illegal funds. His arrest came after a joint FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service operation…