Founder of Chilean Plusspay exchange wanted for laundering Tren de Aragua funds - Cryptopolitan

* Chilean authorities issued an arrest warrant for Plusspay founder Jose Manuel Rios Guaido as part of “Operación Tokio.” * The crackdown targeted the money laundering network linked to the criminal group Tren de Aragua. * Plusspay has suspended its operations following a police raid. However, prosecutors have not yet filed formal charges against Ríos Guaidó. Detectives from Chile’s Organized Crime Investigation Brigade raided Plusspay’s offices in the Santiago borough of Providencia on June 13, [according to CriptoNoticias](https://www.criptonoticias.com/sucesos/criptomonedas-chile-investigacion-vinculos-tren-aragua/). The 38-year-old Ríos Guaidó from Zulia state, Venezuela, was not found at the premises or at any of his registered addresses. Authorities believe he may have left Chile and could be in Venezuela or Colombia. According to the prosecution’s case file, over $84 million in suspicious financial activity was connected to the Plusspay network. Ríos Guaidó co-founded Inversiones Plusservice SpA in 2021 with his fellow countryman Jesús Alberto Morillo Medina. In 2023, he launched the Plusspay domain and formally expanded the company’s scope to include crypto custody and brokerage services. By early 2024, the firm was officially registered as a fintech provider with Chile’s Financial Market Commission (CMF).