Nothing to see here, just a DOJ arrest warrant issued for #darknetmarket operators from #Kazakhstan and #Russia who were big fans of registering domains with #BitPay, the same service used by the #TenetMedia crowd, one day after the Tenet Media indictments dropped.
Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/russian-and-kazakhstani-men-indicted-running-dark-web-criminal-marketplaces-forums-and
Warrant for Arrest: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.672601/gov.uscourts.flsd.672601.1.0.pdf
#crypto #cryptocurrency #Bitcoin #Russian #Putin #disinformation #election2024 #2024Election #USpol #USpolitics #WWHClub #infosec #Fraud #scams #darknet
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Alex Khodyrev (35, Kazakhstan) and Pavel Kublitskii (37, Russia) with conspiracy to commit access device fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. If convicted on all counts, each faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Khodyrev and Kublitskii that the United States intends to forfeit Khodyrev’s 2023 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG sport utility vehicle and Kublitskii’s 2020 Cadillac CT5 Sport sedan, both of which are alleged to be traceable to proceeds of the offenses.
oh look the russian agents trying to influence the election are using #cryptocurrency (this is my not-shocked-at-all face)
also popular YouTube influencers Lauren Southern, Tim Pool, #LaurenChen, and one of Benny Johnson/Dave Rubin "unknowingly" agreed to work for Russia for large sums of money ($100,000 per youtube video or a few million/year): https://x.com/ariehkovler/status/1831413692409487766
in particular the russian agents seem to have moved money through #Lithuania and used #BitPay to buy domains. i wrote a bunch about the Lithuanian central bank's attempts to shut down Russian money last year; it's here (an US company Crypto[.]com is involved): https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/cryptocom-or-crypto-dot-con
DOJ affidavit: https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf
taking bets on whether Virtual Currency Exchange 1 ("VCE-1") is #Binance or #CryptoCom
#crypto #russia #uspol #election2024 #2024election #Trump #DonaldTrump #Putin #ukraine #VladímirPutin #TimPool #BennyJohnson #LaurenSouthern #DaveRubin #ChangeNow #TenetMedia #Politics #MAGA
Фінтех-компанія MoonPay та платформа криптовалютних платежів BitPay уклали партнерство з метою спрощення криптовалютних транзакцій для своїх користувачів.
#BitPay permite a los clientes pagar bienes y facturas con #BNB , #Chainlink y otros
BitPay, originalmente una startup de pagos con #Bitcoin , ha agregado soporte para "docenas" de #criptomonedas, incluidas #Uniswap, #Chainlink, $BNB, entre otras.
https://x.com/ismeidy/status/1744736473642152192?s=20
#BitPay permite a los clientes pagar bienes y facturas con #BNB , #Chainlink y otros @BitPay, originalmente una startup de pagos con #Bitcoin , ha agregado soporte para "docenas" de #criptomonedas, incluidas #Uniswap, #Chainlink, $BNB, entre otras. La compañía "está…
I did eventually get my transaction to go through by selecting a hardware wallet so they'd give me a crypto address.
#BitPay tried to make it easy to make a payment with all these integrations, but they ended up becoming a hurdle.