UK crypto firm Copper sent 1,700 ETH to Russian arms dealer, report
Crypto firm Copper sent $4.2 million worth of ETH to Jonatan Zimenkov, a member of his father's Russian arms dealing network.
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Crypto firm Copper sent $4.2 million worth of ETH to Jonatan Zimenkov, a member of his father's Russian arms dealing network.
Europol arrested a 29-year-old accused of making $2 million from mining crypto while passing on the bill to hacked cloud providers.
The Russian spy ring monitored and sabotaged critical infrastructure for the invasion of Ukraine in exchange for crypto.
The former chief of Ukraine's cyber security agency allegedly embezzled $1.7M in state funds and must hand over $1.5M in USDT and BTC.
Alongside rising rates of crypto crime, Ukraine has also lost $81 million in taxes in the past 10 years through unregulated crypto exchanges.
It's alleged that the man committed treason by sending crypto to buy ammunition, medical equipment, drones, and infrared rifle scopes.
If the underground operation had overloaded the power grid, it could have caused huge disruption to vital frontline infrastructure.
The Finnish government has 1,981 Bitcoin in its possession and is looking to auction off 1,890, worth almost $75 million.
Ethereum donors to Ukraine have sharply declined since the country canceled its airdrop. Most donations came in while rewards were promised.
Coinbase's chief counsel cited its geoblocking of Crimea while defending the exchange's decision not to ban Russia-based users.