Money Laundering News

Authorities in Argentina arrested a Russian national for laundering millions in crypto tied to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. Argentinian authorities have arrested a 29-year-old Russian national for money laundering, uncovering a multimillion-dollar operation based in the country. Per a report…

China’s highest court and its public prosecution agency have for the first time recognized crypto transactions in their revised interpretation of the country’s anti-money laundering laws. At a joint press conference on Aug. 19, representatives of the Supreme People’s Court…

Ukrainian financial detectives have charged a local blogger with $5 million in tax evasion through crypto transactions linked to online affiliate marketing. The Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine has charged a prominent local blogger with evading more than $5 million…

The OSCE hosted a three-day training in Warsaw to enhance crypto investigation skills for Armenian and Georgian law enforcement. In an Aug. 14 press release, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe announced that it had conducted a specialized…

Hong Kong customs dismantled a sophisticated money-laundering syndicate that processed over $190 million through crypto transactions and over 200 bank accounts. Hong Kong customs authorities have cracked down on a money-laundering operation that funneled HK$1.5 billion (around $192 million) in…

Civil police in Brazil’s Sao Paulo have cracked down on a money laundering operation leveraging cryptocurrencies, run by the Primeiro Comando da Capital, a notorious drug gang. According to CNN, the PCC gang operated a cryptocurrency exchange that facilitated their…

The Russian founder of Bitzlato was sentenced to time served for facilitating over $700 million in illegal crypto transactions. Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian co-founder of Hong Kong-based crypto exchange Bitzlato that processed over $700 million worth of illicit crypto on…

Judge Katherine Polk Failla postponed the trial of Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash. What is happening in this controversial case, and is the crypto mixer responsible for its users? Due to the case’s complexity, the co-founder of the notorious…

Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chair, Olanipekun Olukoyede, advocates for the adoption of blockchain technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to combat illegal fund flows,

We examine the dual-edged sword of privacy in crypto, looking into how anonymity tools like mixers and privacy coins have impacted mass adoption amidst rising financial crimes. On Jan. 3, 2009, the public got the chance to experience what anonymity…

An advertisement in Times Square in New York accused Tether of corruption and aiding illegal activities. Fox News journalist Eleanor Terrett twitted a photo of a massive billboard in the middle of Times Square. She noted that this action is…

Bill Guan, the chief financial officer of The Epoch Times, a far-right international media company, is accused of taking part in a multi-million crypto laundering scheme. U.S. federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment on Jun. 3, charging Weidong “Bill” Guan, the…

Jian Wen, a 42-year-old British-Chinese woman, has been handed a sentence of six years and eight months in prison for her involvement in a 61,000 Bitcoins (BTC) money laundering scheme valued at around $4 billion.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has denied bail to Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance executive, who faces charges of money laundering and tax violations in Nigeria. Justice Emeka Nwite ruled against granting Gambaryan bail on Friday, citing the executive’s potential…

Alexey Pertsev has been sentenced to 64 months in prison over his involvement in developing the Ethereum privacy tool Tornado Cash. 

FINTRAC has imposed a substantial fine on cryptocurrency exchange Binance for allegedly violating anti-money laundering regulations.