https://iwpost.com/iran-drives-104b-surge-in-sanctions-busting-crypto-flows/?fsp_sid=5225
The U.S. has renewed sanctions on Russian #crypto exchange #Garantex for processing over $100M in illicit transactions since 2019, tied to ransomware and cybercrime.
Sanctions were also imposed on its successor, #Grinex, as well as three Garantex executives and six affiliated companies in Russia and Kyrgyzstan.
"Britain’s drug gangs and Moscow’s hackers were just two nodes in a vast criminal super-network [that] included sanctioned oligarchs, Russian intelligence operatives and an Irish crime family."
(and of course that network also now includes the #Trump administration, because Howard Lutnick is/was Tether's money manager and Justin Sun is now the Trump family's business partner in #WorldLibertyFinancial)
* #TheEconomist: https://www.economist.com/1843/2025/07/04/how-tether-became-money-launderers-dream-currency
* no paywall: https://archive.ph/NiCRD
#moneylaundering #crime #corruption #crypto #cryptocurrency #iran #russia #uspol #howardLutnick #economist #economics #finance #uk #ukpol #garantex #threatintel #ransomware #cybersecurity #vladimirputin #oligarchs #putin #ukraine #kinahans #kinahan
Криптовалюта в России: Куда бежать выводить рубли после закрытия Garantex?
Привет, Хабр! Сегодня я хочу поговорить с вами о ситуации, которая заставила многих российских криптоэнтузиастов изрядно понервничать. Помните Garantex? Биржа внезапно исчезла с радаров, оставив сотни тысяч пользователей в поисках надежной альтернативы для вывода криптовалюты в рубли. Давайте разберемся, что произошло, и главное — куда теперь двигаться дальше. Приятного прочтения!
https://habr.com/ru/companies/bothub/articles/899188/
#криптовалюта #криптовалюты #p2p #p2pсервисы #p2pплатежи #garantex #bybit #gateio #bitcoin #usdt
Alleged Co-Founder of Garantex Arrested in India
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/alleged-co-founder-of-garantex-arrested-in-india/
#U.S.DepartmentofJustice #AleksandrMiraSerda #Ne'er-Do-WellNews #U.S.SecretService #AleksejBesciokov #Ransomware #Elliptic #Garantex
🚨 Multi-billion-dollar crypto exchange #Garantex seized over money laundering ties. Two individuals, Aleksej Besciokov & Aleksandr Serda, charged.💰
#Crypto #MoneyLaundering #Garantex
Read: https://hackread.com/garantex-crypto-exchange-seized-2-charged-laundering/