The Federal Bureau of Investigation seized more than $77,000 in cash that was stuffed into two bags and brought to Dallas’ Love Field Airport in January, alleging that the bags smelled like marijuana, according to a complaint for forfeiture filed in federal court on Friday.
The complaint alleges that a supervisor with Southwest Airlines smelled marijuana coming from the two bags — a leopard print backpack and a duffle bag — on Jan. 20. Bundles of cash were apparently “spilling out of the backpack,” according to the complaint.
Both bags were checked-in and tagged to go to Burbank, California.
The man whose name was on the duffle bag told investigators that he was traveling to California to meet with someone about bitcoin trading. He planned to return to Dallas within 24 hours, the complaint said. The woman who owns the backpack also claimed she was traveling to Burbank to trade bitcoins.
A bitcon is a type of digital currency that is created and exchanged independent of banks or governments. Transactions are usually handled anonymously.
The woman told investigators that she made the money working as a lash extension technician and selling hair to different salons. The man said he works in the music business, the complaint said.
According to bitcoin converters, the $77,010 in cash the pair had could have gotten them about 9 bitcoins.
