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Two Russian Nationals Charged in Cryptocurrency Exchange Hacks and Laundering Scheme

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Source: Department of Justice
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Two Russian nationals have been charged with conspiring to launder approximately 647,000 bitcoins from their hack of Mt. Gox and operating the illicit cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e from 2011 to 2017. The charges were unsealed by the US Justice Department. The two accused, Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner, allegedly stole a massive amount of cryptocurrency from Mt. Gox, contributing to the exchange’s ultimate insolvency. They then allegedly went on to help set up the notorious BTC-e virtual currency exchange, which laundered funds for cyber criminals worldwide.

Topics:businesscryptocurrency#btc-e#cryptocurrency#cybercrime#money-laundering#mt-gox#russian-nationals
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  1. Russian Nationals Charged With Hacking One Cryptocurrency Exchange and Illicitly Operating Another  Department of Justice
  2. US DOJ charges 2 Russians with laundering over 600k Bitcoin  CryptoSlate
  3. US charges two Russians in hack of Mt. Gox crypto exchange  Reuters
  4. DOJ unseals Mt. Gox charges against two Russian nationals  Blockworks
  5. US charges two Russians in hack of Mt Gox crypto exchange  The Straits Times

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