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In Spain, an investigation has been completed into the case of hacker Denis Tokarenko, better known as Denis Catana, who is accused of helping launder funds of a Russian organized criminal group through bitcoin. This is reported by local media.
According to the case file, the criminal syndicate operated in the southeastern Spanish province of Alicante. One of its members, Maxim Khakimov, recruited Katana to advise them on buying bitcoins and ways to hide illegal income.
The hacker recommended the use of digital assets due to the "lack of state control," the court was told.
Denis Katana was born in Ukraine and has lived in Spain since 2014.
For the first time, he was detained in 2018 on charges of infecting ATMs around the world with malware for automatic cash withdrawal. Money was collected locally by "mules" who laundered it, including through bitcoins.
Even then, Katana was familiar with Khakimov, who, through his lawyer, transferred funds to the cybercriminal behind bars, and also offered to hire killers to deal with his debts.
In total, more than 15,000 BTC are stored on Katana's cryptocurrency wallets. However, the judge mentioned only one of them with a balance of 5,000 BTC (~€55 million at the time of the criminal operations).
Recall that in December 2020, the Spanish police, together with Europol, detained 23 suspects in money laundering of the "Russian mafia". During the searches, in addition to €300,000 in cash, diamonds and cars, law enforcement officers found cryptocurrency wallets.
According to the case file, the criminal syndicate operated in the southeastern Spanish province of Alicante. One of its members, Maxim Khakimov, recruited Katana to advise them on buying bitcoins and ways to hide illegal income.
The hacker recommended the use of digital assets due to the "lack of state control," the court was told.
Denis Katana was born in Ukraine and has lived in Spain since 2014.
For the first time, he was detained in 2018 on charges of infecting ATMs around the world with malware for automatic cash withdrawal. Money was collected locally by "mules" who laundered it, including through bitcoins.
Even then, Katana was familiar with Khakimov, who, through his lawyer, transferred funds to the cybercriminal behind bars, and also offered to hire killers to deal with his debts.
In total, more than 15,000 BTC are stored on Katana's cryptocurrency wallets. However, the judge mentioned only one of them with a balance of 5,000 BTC (~€55 million at the time of the criminal operations).
Recall that in December 2020, the Spanish police, together with Europol, detained 23 suspects in money laundering of the "Russian mafia". During the searches, in addition to €300,000 in cash, diamonds and cars, law enforcement officers found cryptocurrency wallets.
