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Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Germany have seized the domain of the Cryptonator online cryptocurrency wallet and charged its founder and operator, Russian Roman Boss (Pikulev), with money laundering.
Roman Pikulev
According to investigators, from 2014 to 2023, the platform processed illegal transactions worth $235 million.
These include:
- high-risk transactions — $80 million;
- sanctioned addresses - $71 million;
- wallets associated with the theft of cryptocurrencies - $54 million;
- fraudulent addresses - $34.5 million;
- cryptomixers —$34 million,
- darknet marketplaces - $25 million;
- ransomware operators - $8 million
Specialists of the analytical company TRM Labs have established the connection of part of the transaction with the Hydra darknet marketplace, mixer Blender.io, the Finico pyramid, the Bitzlato exchange, the Russian Garantex exchange, the Iranian Nobitex, and an unknown terrorist organization.
In total, the platform conducted more than 4 million transactions for a total of $1.4 billion, with the Boss receiving a small share from each operation.
Cryptonator did not require users to pass verification, traded anonymous coins, and, according to the charges, offered integration of API keys with illegal platforms.
In addition to money laundering, the Boss is charged with carrying out unlicensed activities to provide monetary services. The authorities are demanding to seize his assets, impose fines, impose restrictive measures and order him to pay damages.
• Source: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25029944-boss-indictment
• Source: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25029923-cryptonator-complaint
