MoneyFlip CEO Arrested for Allegedly Hiring Hitman and Paying Deposit in USDT

The CEO of the cross-border currency exchange company MoneyFlip, Marcos Arturo Kleiman Tronllan, has been arrested on suspicion of hiring a hitman. The investigation targets currency exchange businesses near the U.S.-Mexico border, suspected of using their operations to evade the Bank Secrecy Act and laundering money through cross-border transactions. In February 2026, an undercover agent from the Department of Homeland Security contacted Kleiman, requesting to exchange dollars claimed to be from drug trafficking into cryptocurrency. Kleiman exchanged approximately $750,000 into cryptocurrency and transferred it to the undercover agent's wallet, charging a 10% fee. During discussions, Kleiman asked the undercover agent to help collect debts from a Mexican businessman and to commit murder, agreeing to pay $40,000 for kidnapping and murder. Kleiman made two cash deposits of $5,000 each; after the undercover agent presented forged photos and videos of the "victim being harmed," he paid an additional $5,000 in cash and about $25,000 in USDT as the final payment.

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