Oracle worker implicated in $54 million cryptocurrency laundering scheme

Brian Krewson, an Oracle (NYSE:) worker and occasion entertainer, is underneath scrutiny from the Justice Division for his alleged involvement in a $54 million cryptocurrency storage and laundering scheme. Convicted cocaine traffickers Christopher Castelluzzo and Luke Atwell, who’re serving 21 and 19 years respectively, are mentioned to be related to the operation. The pair beforehand ran a narcotics enterprise that reportedly bought as much as $3 million in cocaine month-to-month.

The Justice Division alleges that the cryptocurrency was generated from drug gross sales on the Blue Sky market, together with 30,000 ether now valued at over $54 million. Krewson, recognized for his Walter White impersonation from the TV present “Breaking Unhealthy”, held a senior technical assist engineer place at Oracle from 2015 till this yr.

Proof means that Krewson had discussions with Castelluzzo and Atwell about transferring the ether to Malta or the Bahamas. These discussions had been revealed by way of jail calls and additional corroborated by their continued Fb (NASDAQ:) friendship as of mid-2021.

In a police raid in July final yr, Krewson supplied the password to the crypto pockets, permitting regulation enforcement to switch all funds to a DOJ pockets. Castelluzzo, on behalf of himself and Damaged Wings Holdings – an organization he ran with Krewson and Atwell for buying and selling cryptocurrencies on Bitrix trade – appealed to a Colorado court docket final December for the return of those funds. Regardless of his declare that the funds weren’t prison proceeds, his enchantment was denied.

The DOJ introduced the seizure of those funds final week. Whereas Krewson’s legal professional has but to touch upon the matter, Castelluzzo maintains that the cryptocurrency was acquired legitimately.

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