Federal agents find $20 million in cash inside box spring in Mass. apartment as Brazilian man is busted for role in pyramid scheme
BY DAVID BOROFF
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 4:02 PM

That must have been one comfortable mattress.

Authorities released a photo Monday of $20 million in cash hidden inside a box spring in a Massachusetts apartment.

The discovery led to the arrest of a Brazilian man earlier this month in connection with a pyramid scheme involving the defunct internet phone company TelexFree.

Cleber Rene Rizerio Rocha, 28, was ordered held without bail on Monday when a judge ruled that he is a flight risk. He is being held him on a charge of conspiring to commit money laundering.

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Rocha was part of a scheme to transfer millions of dollars to Brazil by laundering the cash through Hong Kong, according to prosecutors.

The suspect, acting as a courier for a relative of one of the founders of TelexFree, flew from Brazil to JFK Airport a few days before he was arrested, according to the Department of Justice.

On the day of his arrest, a "cooperating witness" gave Rocha $2.2 million in a suitcase during a meeting at a restaurant. Federal agents later searched his Westborough apartment and "seized a massive stockpile of cash" in the box spring.

Rocha faces 20 years in prison.

wow....22 million in a box spring?



taxation without representation

Who advised him where to hide the money, junior Gotti ??

I think they originally said 20 million but now they're saying 17 million. Hmm, what happened to 3 million of it?

Couple towns over from me.