Argentine authorities arrest Russian citizen for laundering cybercriminals’ money
A 29-year-old man of Russian origin was arrested in Palermo
Argentina, according to reports, the man was engaged in money laundering
in Cryptocurrencies for Cybercriminals and Administrators
Pedophile sites.
The FBI was on the trail of the subject thanks to the fact that a large part
of cryptocurrencies stolen from a cross-chain Harmony
Horizon by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus were
to hit the wallet of the subject located in Argentina, with the
collaboration of the cryptocurrency company Binance, which gave
the IP used by the subject to the authorities followed the trails
of the Russian, who according to the authorities changed his address every
month.
Source: https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/policiales/2024/08/22/el-oscuro-negocio-de-v-el-informatico-ruso-que-operaba-en-palermo-detenido-por-lavado-cripto-y-vinculado-a-hackers-de-corea-del-norte/
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