{"id":54002,"date":"2023-09-05T17:14:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T00:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54002"},"modified":"2023-09-05T17:14:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T00:14:29","slug":"bitcoin-for-cash-exchange-business-owner-guilty-of-failing-to-maintain-anti-money-laundering-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=54002","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin-for-Cash Exchange Business Owner Guilty of Failing to Maintain Anti-Money Laundering Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3918 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A Santa Monica<b>\u00a0<\/b>man agreed to plead guilty to breaking federal law by allowing his cryptocurrency-cash exchange company to help scammers and drug traffickers launder millions of dollars in criminal proceeds through his business, the Justice Department announced today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Charles James Randol, 33, agreed to plead guilty to single-count information charging him with failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering (AML) program. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">This crime carries a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The plea documents were filed Tuesday in federal court. Randol<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> is expected to plead guilty to the charge in the coming weeks formally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5414 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/U.S.-Department-of-Homeland-Security-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/U.S.-Department-of-Homeland-Security-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/U.S.-Department-of-Homeland-Security.jpg 584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0 According to his plea agreement, from October 2017 to July 2021, Randol owned and operated a virtual currency money services business that eventually was known as Digital Coin Strategies LLC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> This company offered cryptocurrency-cash exchange services for a commission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Randol offered his cryptocurrency exchange services in various ways:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Meeting anonymous customers in-person to complete transactions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Controlling and operating a network of automated kiosks in Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties that converted cash to Bitcoin<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Conducting Bitcoin-for-cash transactions for unknown individuals who mailed him large amounts of U.S. currency, including to the post office boxes he controlled.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/qgrcct8r_r8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54004 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/qgrcct8r_r8-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"a pile of bitcoins sitting on top of a table\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/qgrcct8r_r8-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/qgrcct8r_r8-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/qgrcct8r_r8-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/qgrcct8r_r8.jpg 798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> Randol advertised his business on various websites, and he maintained a company website that falsely claimed his business was \u201ca fully compliant\u2026money services business\u201d that was registered with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a bureau of the United States Treasury Department. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">As Randol admitted in his plea agreement, he repeatedly violated federal law and his company\u2019s own AML policies by facilitating suspicious currency exchange transactions. He also took steps to conceal them from law enforcement, including by failing to file required currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1611 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/FBI-Logo-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/FBI-Logo-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/FBI-Logo.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>For example, Randol frequently conducted in-person cash transactions that exceeded $10,000 with anonymous or pseudo-anonymous individuals, including people who Randol knew only as \u201cPuppet Shariff,\u201d \u201cWhite Jetta,\u201d \u201cAaavvv,\u201d \u201cAaaa,\u201d \u201cYogurt Monster,\u201d and \u201cHood.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In his plea agreement, Randol admitted to engaging in three specific transactions from October 2020 to January 2021 in which he exchanged a total of $273,940 in cash for Bitcoin without requesting a name, proof of identity, Social Security number, or any other information about the buyer or the source of the funds being exchanged. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Such transactions violated the Bank Secrecy Act and his company\u2019s AML policy, which required, among other things, that he verify the identity of customers engaging in transactions over $9,999 by obtaining the customer\u2019s full name, address, Social Security number, a verified phone number, and a photocopy of the customer\u2019s official government identification.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"yiv6068574558MsoListParagraph\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><i><u>Exchanging Bitcoin for cash sent in the mail from unknown persons<\/u><\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">While operating his crypto-exchange business, Randol also conducted hundreds of Bitcoin-for-cash transactions after receiving large cash shipments in the mail from anonymous individuals. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In a typical transaction, an anonymous individual would text Randol using an encrypted platform to notify him that a parcel containing cash had been sent to a location that Randol controlled in or around Los Angeles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Once Randol received the parcel, he would count the money and send an equivalent amount of Bitcoin \u2013 minus a commission \u2013 to a digital wallet controlled by his customers. As with in-person transactions, Randol did not conduct any due diligence on the people mailing him large sums of cash, the source of funds being exchanged, or the purpose of the transaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">When Randol received the packages, the cash was often packaged suspiciously, including cash hidden inside children\u2019s books, concealed inside fake birthday or holiday presents, buried within puzzle pieces, or wrapped within multiple magazines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">On June 5, 2019, FBI agents interviewed Randol about fraud proceeds that had been mailed to post office boxes he controlled. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Two days later, Randol texted a customer stating that he would be taking a \u201chiatus\u201d from converting cash parcels into cryptocurrency because he \u201cran into an issue with [law enforcement].\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">But less than a week later, Randol resumed his cash parcels activity after that same anonymous customer asked Randol if he could exchange $10,000 in cash for Bitcoin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Randol admitted that his failure to comply with Bank Secrecy Act requirements, including maintaining an effective AML program resulted in criminals using Randol\u2019s business to launder millions of dollars of criminal proceeds. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">For example, between June 2018 and early 2020, Randol exchanged Bitcoin for cash that was mailed to him by a New Jersey resident who had been tricked into believing his grandson was facing criminal prosecution after purportedly killing an elderly woman in a traffic accident and that the money the victim was sending would be used to help the victim\u2019s grandson with his legal problems. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Based on these lies, the victim drained his savings and retirement accounts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">While Randol did not participate in the fraud, his business converted the victim\u2019s cash to cryptocurrency and sent it to various digital wallets without conducting any customer due diligence or investigating the source of the money he was receiving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"yiv6068574558MsoListParagraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b><i><u>Illegal Bitcoin kiosk transactions<\/u><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Because to Randol\u2019s deficient AML practices, criminals were also able to structure and launder funds through his Bitcoin kiosks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Specifically, Randol operated numerous Bitcoin kiosks in malls, gas stations, and convenience stores in cities such as Los Angeles, Glendale, Santa Clarita, Huntington Beach, Santa Ana, and Riverside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">But the setting on Randol\u2019s kiosks allowed customers to structure funds to avoid currency reporting requirements by creating numerous accounts and by engaging in successive transactions involving up to $3,000. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">He also set up one or more \u201ctest\u201d accounts that contained no customer information, which he allowed customers to use to complete kiosk transactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In September 2020, Randol hired a compliance officer for Digital Coin Strategies. Randol ignored this individual\u2019s advice to cease using \u201ctest\u201d accounts for customer transactions on Bitcoin kiosks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Randol also continued to conduct in-person transactions despite his compliance officer\u2019s warning that doing so increased the risk that the cash or Bitcoin Randol was receiving was derived from an unlawful source.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations investigated this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6068574558MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ian V. Yanniello of the General Crimes Section and James E. Dochterman of the Asset Forfeiture and Recovery Section are prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES A Santa Monica\u00a0man agreed to plead guilty to breaking federal law by allowing his cryptocurrency-cash exchange company to help scammers and drug traffickers launder millions of dollars in criminal proceeds&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-department-of-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bitcoin-for-Cash Exchange Business Owner Guilty of Failing 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