🔍 FBI conducts a secret cryptocurrency money laundering operation themed "Elon Musk" for nearly a year 🕵️♂️💸
👤 Main character: Anurag Pramod Murarka, 30 years old, Indian citizen – sentenced to 10 years in prison for operating a digital asset conversion network worth over 20 million dollars 💰🌍
🧑💻 Murarka used aliases like “elonmuskwhm” to trade with groups in the black market, using the hawala system to transfer money and hide cash in children’s books 📚💵📦
After being lured to the U.S. and arrested, the FBI took over the entire system, operating from a post office "the size of a warehouse" in Kentucky 🏢📦 to track the flow of money and gather information.
⏳ In nearly a year of secret operations, the FBI impersonated Murarka and prevented an additional 1.4 million dollars from being converted 💼🚫
📊 Previously, the FBI reported assisting over 4,300 victims and preventing more than 285 million dollars in losses through cryptocurrency-related fraud cases 🛡️🔗
🧠 This is an extremely special case as it shows that the FBI not only tracks but also takes over and operates complex systems to investigate and dismantle suspicious networks 👊🎯
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