Dylan Tokar

They set out to find the white Range Rover, which they see from the GPS trackers parked at this bank branch in Artesia, in the city of Artesia.

Shortly after they get there, they see a man named Jia Yong Yu get out of the vehicle.

He's carrying a black backpack.

And his first stop is at the ATM machine outside the bank.

They can't really tell, but it seems like he deposits maybe a check there.

He then walks into the bank, and one of the task force officers is following, you know, behind, trying to look discreet.

They see Yu approach a teller, and he just starts taking stacks of cash bound with rubber bands out of his backpack and putting it on the counter.

And she looks at them and she says, more like $100,000.

There's unfortunately only so much we can know about Zhang.

Our colleague Dylan has been following the Fortune Runner case.

What I was told about Zhang is that he came to the U.S.

in 2009 on a student visa.

He told law enforcement that he was enrolled for at least some time at the California State University in Northridge.

We're not sure how long he was enrolled for.

At some point, he got his green card and he got into this money exchange business.

That's where China's role in the global economy gives them such an edge because there are so many businesses worldwide, including in Mexico, that are actually looking for Chinese currency and Chinese goods.

So that Chinese broker can go to businesses in Mexico and say, I'll give you a good deal on some Chinese currency which you can use to buy goods that you are importing into Mexico.

So this gives Chinese money launderers their advantage.

Money in the bank, in the legitimate financial system, is always more useful than, especially when you get into high values of cash.

Like, it just becomes, it's kind of hard.