Crypto Sleuth Links Russian OTC Desk To $4.7M Laundering
A 73-bitcoin stash sitting untouched in a separate crypto wallet may be what eventually brings a Russian crypto broker to justice. Related Reading: Bitcoin Stuns Gold In War Rally—Safe Haven Crown Up For Grabs That dormant pile of digital cash, flagged by blockchain investigator ZachXBT, sits at the edge of a much larger money trail […]
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In the crypto industry, issues of hacks and exploits have become one of the dreaded nightmares. The increasing expansion of the crypto space brews more exploitations as well. Despite the security measures most crypto protocols build around them, the bad actors never cease to scan for available vulnerabilities. On September 20, a source revealed bug […]
A Russian national suspected of laundering ransomware payments in cryptocurrency on behalf of cybercriminals targeting hospitals has been extradited to the U.S. by the Netherlands. The man was allegedly involved in the criminal activity for a period of three years before his arrest in Amsterdam last November.
Alleged Russian Money Launderer Handed Over to U.S. Custody by Dutch Authorities
Denis Dubnikov, a 29-year-old Russian citizen, has been extradited this week from the Netherlands to the United States, where he is to face charges of money laundering in the District of....
Herman Neglyad, the deputy of the Russian anti-money laundering body, Rosfinmonitoring, has said his organization will monitor cryptocurrency transactions that involve the conversion from crypto to fiat. Neglyad made this revelation during a recent meeting of the State Duma Committee on financial markets. Banks Already Cooperating According to a Russian news site, Regnum, the anti-money laundering body is already getting cooperation from banks. “Banks have already begun to pay attention to exchange operations, that is, when they see that an operation has come after the exchange of....
The U.S. Treasury Department has blacklisted Suex, a cryptocurrency broker based in Russia, for its money laundering activities. The platform is suspected of processing hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto transactions related to scams, ransomware attacks, darknet markets, and the infamous BTC-e exchange. OFAC Adds Russian Crypto OTC Exchange Suex to Blacklist The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury has added Suex to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List. The move, announced Tuesday, effectively prohibits U.S.....