Roman Sterlingov, founder of the Bitcoin Fog crypto mixer, was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for laundering over $400 million linked to illegal activities. He was also ordered to forfeit $395.5 million and his share in a Bitcoin wallet holding 1,345 BTC, worth over $103 million.
WeatherlyAllegations suggest that the crypto mixer was involved in processing $2 billion worth of illicit transactions and enabling money laundering activities totalling $100 million.
KikyoCrypto Sleuth ZachXBT has unveiled that an entity conducted a sizable transfer, about 4,800 BTC, from the depths of the Abraxas darknet market to a Bitcoin mixer.
CatherineAtomic Wallet has joined the growing list of hack incidents in crypto and DeFi protocols this year.
BitcoinistThe operation is being touted as one of the largest seizure of cryptocurrency assets by the BKA till date.
cryptopotatoSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) ripped cryptocurrency mixers during the hearing, saying the industry has downplayed and lied about negative impacts of the technology.
OthersBlockchain analysis firm Chainalysis highlighted that 10% of all funds originating from illicit addresses are sent to cryptocurrency mixers.
CointelegraphThe privacy-focused mixer has been at the center of several DeFi exploits over the past year as users attempted to obfuscate the trail of stolen funds.
CointelegraphThe exploiter seems to have rejected the Harmony team’s bounty offer of $1 million to return the $100 million stolen from the Horizon Bridge token bridge.
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