A UK man dubbed the ‘El Chapo of the Cotswolds’ is going through 120 years in jail after a court docket dominated he could be extradited to the US to face fees of operating an unlawful medicine ring that has allegedly raked in additional than $6 million in bitcoin.
Matthew Grimm was charged with 5 counts of drug fees and one depend of cash laundering for his alleged function in a multimillion-pound drug racket promoting designer amphetamines to US clients.
The 49-year-old allegedly ran the operation alongside two accomplices for over 10 years, transporting medicine from the Netherlands utilizing on-line marketplaces reminiscent of ‘Smokeyschemsite.’ US authorities reportedly froze £5.2 million ($6.5 million) value of bitcoin linked to his alleged drug proceeds.
Grimm was arrested in 2022 and given the inexperienced mild for extradition by the nation’s then-House Secretary. He later appealed his US extradition, telling prosecutors to ‘bring it on,’ earlier than, as reported by the Mirror, a Excessive Courtroom decide dominated in opposition to him final week.
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Grimm was dubbed the ‘El Chapo of the Cotswolds’ and is reportedly an avid bicycle owner and member of the Chipping Sodbury Driving Membership. Throughout his newest court docket listening to, his lawyer claimed, “He’s gone cycling today.”
Based on the Mirror, Grimm’s lawyer argued that the US wasn’t the proper place for him to face trial and that the fees had been unfair as they lacked any equal beneath UK legislation.
In addition they claimed there was nothing to point out his ‘criminal intent,’ and that “Mr. Grimm’s business operated entirely legally within the Netherlands, where the substances he sold were not prohibited.”
If convicted, Grimm faces a sentence of 120 years.
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