#MGXBinanceInvestment #CryptoCPIWatch #MasterTheMarket Man Wanted By US For Rs 83,00,00,00,00,000 Crypto Fraud Arrested In Kerala Garantex facilitated money laundering to the tune of at least $96 billion in cryptocurrency transactions by transnational criminal organisations and violated sanctions.
Man Wanted By US For Rs 83,00,00,00,00,000 Crypto Fraud Arrested In Kerala Garantex facilitated money laundering to the tune of at least $96 billion in cryptocurrency transactions by transnational criminal organisations and violated sanctions.
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Mar 13, 2025 12:13 pm IST
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Man Wanted By US For Rs 83,00,00,00,00,000 Crypto Fraud Arrested In KeralaAleksej Besciokov was arrested when he was planning to flee the country.
New Delhi:
A Lithuanian man, who was wanted in the US for a massive cryptocurrency fraud, has been arrested in Kerala, officials said on Wednesday. The accused, Aleksej Besciokov, had set up a cryptocurrency exchange 'Garantex', allegedly to launder the proceeds of criminal activities such as ransomware, computer hacking, and narcotics transactions.
Besciokov was arrested when he was planning to flee the country, officials said.
According to the US Secret Service documents, Besciokov, over the period of nearly six years, allegedly controlled and operated Garantex, which facilitated money laundering to the tune of at least $96 billion (over Rs 8 lakh crore) in cryptocurrency transactions by transnational criminal organisations (including terrorist organisations) and violated sanctions.
criminal proceeds and was used to facilitate various crimes, including hacking, ransomware, terrorism, and drug trafficking, often with substantial impact to US victims," it said.
He was sanctioned by the US in April 2022.
Earlier this week, the Ministry of External Affairs received a provisional arrest warrant at the request of US officials. Following this, a joint effort of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Kerala police arrested Besciokov from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram.
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