Inmate Charged with Laundering Forfeited Crypto from Prison

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Rossen Iossifov, already serving time for a major crypto laundering case, has been charged with moving $290,000 in cryptocurrency from federal prison that a court had ordered him to forfeit.
The DOJ alleges he conspired to hide the funds through exchanges and mixing services.

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Rossen Iossifov, already serving time for a major crypto laundering case, has been charged with moving $290,000 in cryptocurrency from federal prison that a court had ordered him to forfeit. The DOJ alleges he conspired to hide the funds through exchanges and mixing services.

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