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Garantex administrator arrested in India under extradition law

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Indian police have arrested the co-founder of Garantex, a Russian cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the European Union and the U.S. government, under India’s extradition law, TechCrunch has exclusively learned and confirmed with state authorities. At 4 p.m. local time (3:30 a.m. PT) on Tuesday, the state police of Kerala arrested Lithuanian national Aleksej Besciokov in […]

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Following takedown operation, Garantex invites customers to ‘face-to-face’ Moscow meeting

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It has not been a good week for Russian crypto exchange Garantex.  Firstly, on Thursday, stablecoin issuer Tether blocked access to Garantex’s wallets that held around $28 million of the crypto exchange’s funds. On the same day, an international law enforcement operation led by the U.S. Secret Service seized Garantex’s official websites. At the time,

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US charges admins of Garantex for allegedly facilitating crypto money laundering for terrorists and hackers

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday criminal charges against the administrators of the Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex for allegedly facilitating money laundering by criminal and terrorist organizations, as well as violating U.S. sanctions.  The two administrators are Lithuanian national and Russian resident Aleksej Besciokov, 46, and Aleksandr Mira Serda, 40, a Russian national

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Russian crypto exchange Garantex seized by law enforcement operation

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The U.S. Secret Service, working with a coalition of international law enforcement agencies, has taken down and seized the website of Garantex, a Russian cryptocurrency exchange accused of being associated with darknet markets and ransomware hackers.  On Thursday, the official Garantex website was replaced with a notice saying the exchange’s domain has been seized by

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