U.S. Prosecutors Charge 21 Alleged ‘Money Mules’ With Using Crypto To Launder Proceeds of Cybercrimes

Maryland woman Zenobia Walker, 65, pled guilty in January to her role in a a scheme in which she received over $300,000 from victims of romance scams and other fraud schemes, deposited the money in her personal bank accounts, exchanged it for cryptocurrency, and passed the crypto on to her foriegn co-conspirators. She was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Nov. 2.