Special agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York Field Office posed as money launderers on darknet market sites, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
The DOJ’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS) coordinated with federal prosecutors and law enforcement to investigate 65 targets. Their investigations already led to the arrest and impending prosecution of more than 30 darknet drug dealers.
