Along with money laundering, Maximiliano Pilipis is also accused of failing to file a tax return for income generated in 2019 and 2020.
The United States Department of Justice charged the operator of crypto exchange AurumXchange with money laundering, alleging it processed millions for the darknet marketplace, Silk Road.
In an Oct. 28 statement, the DOJ alleges when 53-year-old Maximiliano Pilipis operated AurumXchange, over $30 million in funds across 100,000 transactions went through the exchange, some of which came from accounts held on the Silk Road.
Using the pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts,” American Ross Ulbricht ran the Silk Road marketplace on the Tor network from 2011 to 2013. The platform allowed users to buy and sell products anonymously and became a hub for thousands of drug dealers.
