Saturday, October 15, 2022

EDNY Bitcoin Money Laundering Case Against Goklu Ends With Guilty on Both Counts

 

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell book
BBC Honduras - CIA Trial book - NY Mag

EDNY COURTHOUSE, Oct 11 – Mustafa Goklu is on trial for money laundering, with DEA Bitcoin evidence, before U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York Judge Pamela Ki Mai Chen.

 On October 4 Inner City Press, now covering the EDNY Federal court in Brooklyn with a pass at least as to US v. Barrack, when to cover it.  

A DEA agent was on the witness stand, narrating his sales of Bitcoin to Guklu for cash, for a seven percent fee.

The audio tapes played included the sound of money counters, and negotiations as to price.

On October 11, the jury returned guilty verdicts on both counts, verdict form here.

 The case is US v. Goklu, 19-cr-386 (Chen)

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