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Crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, known as “BitBoy Crypto,” has been arrested in Florida after being listed as a fugitive from justice. His arrest was confirmed yesterday at 7:18 p.m. local time by Florida’s Volusia County Division of Corrections , days after he disclosed that a warrant was out for his arrest. BitBoy Says Public Officials Are Hiding Corruption Armstrong confirmed in a March 21 post on X that warrants had been issued for his arrest. According to the influencer, the warrants were issued because he sent emails to Cobb County, Georgia Superior Court Judge Kimberly Childs, who he alleged in the post are “DISHONORABLE.” I can now confirm that the warrants for my arrest are due to me sending emails (as my own attorney by the way) to the DISHONORABLE Kimberly Childs of @cobbcountygovt who has NOW DELETED her Twitter lmao. Public officials hiding corruption one day at a time. — The BitBoy (@BenArmstrongsX) March 21, 2025 He said he w...

The US Justice Department (DoJ) has indicted and arrested an heir to the Cartier jewelry empire with conspiring to launder the proceeds of drug trafficking using tether (USDT). In Miami, law enforcement arrested Maximilien de Hoop Cartier, a direct descendant of Louis Cartier, the founder of the luxury watch, necklace, and bracelet maker, where he was allegedly coordinating with a Colombian drug cartel. Alongside five Colombian nationals, Cartier tried to import 100 kilos of cocaine and launder hundreds of millions of dollars, mostly through over-the-counter (OTC) USDT trades. They actually succeeded at laundering 14.5 million USDT before their arrests. Cartier is currently in a Miami detention center while his co-conspirators are in Colombian jails. To carry out his scheme, Cartier controlled shell companies and misrepresented to financial institutions that they were in the business of software and technology. He then used the companies’ accounts, according to the indictment, as...