Threat actor
threat_actor:cartel
Also: drug cartels
An illegal drug-smuggling group described as coordinating lottery fraud, money laundering, weapons trafficking, and cocaine trafficking.
An illegal drug-smuggling group described as coordinating lottery fraud, money laundering, weapons trafficking, and cocaine trafficking.
“There are drug cartels on the island”
“they were also running guns and drugs through that process”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | Puerto Rico lottery | Attributed | 101 |
| outgoing | USES | BlackBerry phones | Attributed | 101 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Puerto Rico lottery fraud | Attributed | 101 |
Puerto Rico lottery fraud INVOLVES cartel
The lottery fraud was linked to a cartel operation involving money laundering through winning lottery tickets, according to the episode’s account of the investigation and court records.
Attributed Confidence 96% · Os EP 101 Details
“they were also running guns and drugs through that process”
“the court records show that they had someone inside the lottery who would produce winning lottery tickets”
cartel USES Puerto Rico lottery
According to the court-record account, cartel members used winning Puerto Rico lottery tickets to launder illicit cash and make it appear legitimate.
Attributed Confidence 95% · Jack Rhysider EP 101 Details
“they were using these winning lottery tickets to launder money”
“when they’d cash in the winning lottery ticket, they would get a check from the Puerto Rico lottery”
cartel USES BlackBerry phones
The indictment reportedly claimed that people in the cartel operation used BlackBerry phones to communicate.
Attributed Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 101 Details
“they used BlackBerry phones to communicate”