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Chinese Nationals Arrested for Laundering $73 Million in Pig Butchering Crypto Scam

By: Newsroom โ€” May 19th 2024 at 09:46
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged two arrested Chinese nationals for allegedly orchestrating a pig butchering scam that laundered at least $73 million from victims through shell companies. The individuals, Daren Li, 41, and Yicheng Zhang, 38, were arrested in Atlanta and Los Angeles on April 12 and May 16, respectively. The foreign nationals have been "charged for leading a scheme
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Russian Operator of BTC-e Crypto Exchange Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering

By: Newsroom โ€” May 7th 2024 at 09:32
A Russian operator of a now-dismantled BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges from 2011 to 2017. Alexander Vinnik, 44, was charged in January 2017 and taken into custody in Greece in July 2017. He was subsequently extradited to the U.S. in August 2022. Vinnik and his co-conspirators have been accused of owning and managing
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Ukrainian REvil Hacker Sentenced to 13 Years and Ordered to Pay $16 Million

By: Newsroom โ€” May 2nd 2024 at 12:26
A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison and ordered to pay $16 million in restitution for carrying out thousands of ransomware attacks and extorting victims. Yaroslav Vasinskyi (aka Rabotnik), 24, along with his co-conspirators part of the REvil ransomware group orchestrated more than 2,500 ransomware attacks and demanded ransom payments in
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Bitcoin Forensic Analysis Uncovers Money Laundering Clusters and Criminal Proceeds

By: Newsroom โ€” May 1st 2024 at 14:25
A forensic analysis of a graph dataset containing transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain has revealed clusters associated with illicit activity and money laundering, including detecting criminal proceeds sent to a crypto exchange and previously unknown wallets belonging to a Russian darknet market. The findings come from Elliptic in collaboration with researchers from the&
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FBI's Most-Wanted Zeus and IcedID Malware Mastermind Pleads Guilty

By: Newsroom โ€” February 18th 2024 at 07:12
A Ukrainian national has pleaded guilty in the U.S. to his role in two different malware schemes, Zeus and IcedID, between May 2009 and February 2021. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov (aka Vyacheslav Igoravich Andreev, father, and tank), 37, was arrested by Swiss authorities in October 2022 and extradited to the U.S. last year. He was added to the FBI's most-wanted list in 2012. The U.S.
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