Bloomberg: in the center of Moscow money laundered by hackers and darknets Bloomberg: Hackers and darknets are being laundered in central Moscow
Tomas Berezovskiy10-12 minutes 05.11.2021
It was no secret that behind the most resonant hacker attacks in recent years are spokes from Russia and Eastern Europe, according to the US Treasury Department
At least four of the more than a dozen companies that have rented offices in the Federation Tower in Moscow City in the past three years and engaged in cash cryptocurrency, have conducted transactions related to money laundering obtained by hackers by extortion, according to the American publication Bloomberg.
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One of them - Suex OTC is located on the 31st floor. Since 2018, the company, according to the publication, has processed at least $ 160 million in bitcoins from illegal and high-risk sources. These operations account for 40% of the company's well-known business. In late September this year, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Suex OTC, explaining that it facilitated transactions with illegal financial proceeds obtained from at least eight methods of extortion.
Money of hackers and trading platforms in the darknet
On the 22nd floor is EggChange, which, according to Bloomberg, citing its sources, is under investigation in the United States and Europe on suspicion of money laundering.
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency trading platform, previously reported that "illegal financial flows" were coming through EggChange and CashBank, whose office is also located in the Federation.
Another company Buy-bitcoin.pro, which also rents an office in this skyscraper, according to the agency, has processed hundreds of thousands of dollars of extortionists, including those related to Hydra - the largest darknet site in Russia, where drugs are sold.
According to Bloomberg, there were at least 50 companies in the Moscow City business district that converted cryptocurrency into cash, part of which was obtained from illegal activities.
The publication cites data from the US Treasury Department, according to which hackers in Russia or Eastern Europe received $ 590 million this year through attacks on American schools, businesses, government agencies and health care providers. According to the agency, this is 42 percent more than for the whole of 2020.
Earlier it was reported that the United States has exposed Russian hackers who attacked American infrastructure.
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