He was taken into judicial custody on August 4 as Costa Rica begins an extradition process. Instead, $2,831,748 was allegedly transferred to bank accounts in Costa Rica, equal to about 77.7% of all money raised. Avila’s case also involved entities registered in Costa Rica, money routed away from trading and payments to earlier participants. Any criminal allegations against the person detained in Costa Rica would come from a separate U.S. proceeding whose details have not been made public. The next stage in Costa Rica concerns extradition rather than guilt.