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US Government Accuses North Korea and Ransomware Gangs of Leveraging Cryptocurrency Mixing Services
2025-01-11
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice unveiled an indictment against Russian nationals Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko, Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik, and Anton Vyachlavovich Tarasov for operating two cryptocurrency mixing services, Bender.io and Sinbad.io. These services allegedly aided criminals in laundering cryptocurrencies procured through ransomware attacks and telecommunications fraud. Notably, these platforms are suspected of having been utilized by North Korean hackers and ransomware syndicates. To date, two of the individuals have been apprehended, with the third still at large. Should they be convicted, all three individuals face a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.
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