If all they had on Espinoza is the fact that he "agreed to think" about them paying him for btc with stolen cc numbers then there's no "laundering" of anything

If all they had on Espinoza is the fact that he "agreed to think" about them paying him for btc with stolen cc numbers then there's no "laundering" of anything going on there unless they have some proof of him using funds acquired from "illicit activities" to purchase the btc in the first place.