Cơ quan An ninh Liên bang Nga (FSB) đột kích các sàn giao dịch tiền điện tử bất hợp pháp, bắt giữ hơn 20 nghi phạm

The ME News report states that on August 7 (UTC+8), the Federal Security Service of Russia, in coordination with the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, conducted a series of raids targeting illegal cryptocurrency exchanges in Moscow’s financial district, resulting in the arrest of more than 20 individuals and the shutdown of nine unauthorized currency exchange channels. These channels are accused of laundering money for telephone scam gangs. The Federal Security Service stated that scam call centers within Ukraine used gray-market exchange outlets in Moscow to convert cash stolen from Russian citizens into cryptocurrency and transfer it abroad. One of the arrested individuals, in an official video release, claimed that his office laundered up to $2 million per day. Most of those arrested are young Russians aged 18 to 25 from various regions, hired as couriers to collect cash from victims; some claimed they believed they were working as undercover informants for the Federal Security Service or Russia’s financial regulatory agency, Rosfinmonitoring. The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched a criminal investigation into the large-scale fraud, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. The Federal Security Service said it will continue verifying victim identities to gather evidence. (Source: Foresight News)