😱 Chile 🇨🇱: Venezuelan criminal organization 🇻🇪 allegedly created its own cryptocurrency platform

😱 Chile 🇨🇱: Venezuelan criminal organization 🇻🇪 allegedly created its own cryptocurrency platform

The international criminal group known as Tren de Aragua allegedly not only laundered millions of dollars through operations within Chile’s banking system, but also created its own fintech company headquartered in the capital to facilitate cryptocurrency transactions.

⭐️ The company, named Plusspay, had authorization from the Financial Market Commission (CMF), Chile’s financial regulatory and supervisory authority.

⭐️ Plusspay provided services for converting Chilean pesos into USDT and USDC on the Ethereum blockchain. The company also operated with other blockchain networks, including Polygon, Arbitrum and Optimism. Part of its activity was carried out through the Binance platform.

⭐️ During the investigation, authorities identified banking transactions exceeding 84 million USD, with funds allegedly transferred to cryptocurrency accounts abroad. The operations mainly involved Chilean bank accounts managed by the legal entities BexGroup SpA and BexDigital Services SpA, both linked to Venezuelan citizens.

⭐️ Another company using the “Bex” prefix specialized in consulting services related to digital services, software and hardware. All three legal entities were officially registered in 2022.

⭐️ Context: Tren de Aragua is commonly translated as “Aragua Train” and refers to the Venezuelan criminal organization that originated in the state of Aragua. The group was founded in 2009 and initially developed links within the country’s prison system. In addition to Venezuela, authorities have identified the group’s presence in Bolivia 🇧🇴, Colombia 🇨🇴, Chile 🇨🇱, Peru 🇵🇪 and the United States 🇺🇸. Its alleged activities include human trafficking, arms trafficking, drug trafficking and illegal mining.

⭐️ The police special unit (Brico) carried out a search at the fintech office, but the owner — mechanical engineer José Manuel Ríos Guaidó — managed to escape.

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