Question 1

¿Quién es José Manuel Ríos Guaidó?

Accepted Answer

Ríos Guaidó is a 38-year-old Venezuelan mechanical engineer who founded the Chilean cryptocurrency platform Plusspay. He is currently a fugitive after Chilean prosecutors issued an arrest warrant linking his company to Tren de Aragua money laundering, and investigators believe he may have fled to Venezuela or Colombia.

Question 2

¿Qué es Plusspay y cómo supuestamente lavó dinero?

Accepted Answer

Plusspay was a Santiago-based fintech that converted Chilean peso deposits into stablecoins like USDT and USDC, then routed funds to wallets or bank accounts abroad. Prosecutors allege it was part of a shell-company network that channeled over $84 million in suspicious funds through Chile's banking system on behalf of the Tren de Aragua criminal organization.

Question 3

¿Estaba Plusspay regulado por la CMF de Chile?

Accepted Answer

Plusspay was inscribed in the CMF's fintech registry in January 2024 and publicly claimed to operate under CMF supervision, but the regulator clarified on June 12 that registration alone does not constitute authorization to provide financial services.

CLP

Chile retira la licencia de Plusspay por lavado de dinero y vínculos con el Tren de Aragua

El fundador del exchange chileno Plusspay es buscado por lavar fondos del Tren de Aragua

Un breve y afilado resumen.
Todos los días.

CLP

Chile retira la licencia de Plusspay por lavado de dinero y vínculos con el Tren de Aragua

El fundador del exchange chileno Plusspay es buscado por lavar fondos del Tren de Aragua

Un breve y afilado resumen.Todos los días.

Un breve y afilado resumen.
Todos los días.