HALISTER1: Russia Arrests Men Using Bitcoin Exchanges for Money Laundering

Russia Arrests Men Using Bitcoin Exchanges for Money Laundering

(Bloomberg) -- Police detained 3 men in central Russia’s Kostroma region who used international payment systems and bitcoin exchanges to launder 500m rubles, according to statement on Interior Ministry’s website.
  • Suspects used third-party internet accounts and registered 300 banking cards and SIM-cards under names of their relatives and acquaintances to transfer and exchange cryptocurrency
To contact the reporter on this story: Ilya Khrennikov in Moscow at ikhrennikov@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible for this story: Anthony Palazzo at apalazzo@bloomberg.net Kim Robert McLaughlin

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