US Government Charges Crypto Mixing Operators Connected to North Korea and Ransomware Gangs in Major Crackdown on Illegal Activities
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted three Russian individuals—Roman Ostapenko, Alexander Oleynik, and Anton Tarasov—for allegedly running cryptocurrency services that assisted criminals in laundering money. They were linked to two mixers, Bender.io and Sinbad.io, which the Justice Department claims were used to hide funds from crimes such as ransomware and wire fraud. Bender.io ...
