TechFlow news — On January 20, according to Decrypt, Anurag Pramod Murarka, an Indian national, was sentenced by a U.S. court to 121 months in prison for operating a global money laundering network that facilitated the laundering of over $20 million in criminal proceeds.
Murarka offered money laundering services on darknet markets under aliases such as "elonmuskwhm" and "la2nyc" between April 2021 and September 2023. He used encrypted communications to instruct clients to send cryptocurrencies to specific wallets, then converted the funds into cash through India's "hawala" network.
Investigations revealed that Murarka was aware his clients were involved in illegal activities including drug trafficking and computer hacking. Under federal law, he must serve at least 85% of his sentence and will be placed on three years of supervised release upon release from prison.
