Anger as suspect in $100M jewelry heist avoids trial – because ICE deported him
www.independent.co.uk
An attorney representing some of the jewelry companies impacted in the heist said Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores’s deportation ‘exposes a gap in the system that deserves transparency’

Last month, federal officials allegedly deported one of the suspects in a massive 2022 jewelry heist in Southern California where thieves made off with $100 million in merchandise, in what prosecutors have called the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history.

Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores was sent to Ecuador on or about December 29, according to court documents obtained by The Los Angeles Times. He was believed to be linked to a raid on a Brinks truck that netted a fortune in stolen jewels, gold and watches.

  • quick_snail@feddit.nlEnglish
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    1 day ago

    The US has collaborated with many countries to arrest people who have illicit funds in crypto.

    Ecuador’s Noboa bends at the knee for Trump. He’s a US citizen.

    There is no “out of reach” for illicit bitcoin, since it’s a transparent blockchain that is being monitored by millions of people, including governments, LE, and private sector.

      • quick_snail@feddit.nlEnglish
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        19 hours ago

        And companies that sell services to the government that break tumblers exist for a reason. It’s secret sauce, but most likely the change address and other cleverness.

        You can’t launder things if your a whale on bitcoin. It doesn’t work.