Two Arrested in $389 Million Bitcoin Laundering Case
- Ruslan Igorevich Tkachuk, 37, and Alexander Vladimirovich Ledenev, 25, were arrested in the Republic of Georgia.
- The two are accused of laundering over $389 million in Bitcoin linked to criminal activities.
- Authorities seized crypto assets and blocked accounts on Telegram as part of the investigation.
- The U.S. Attorney’s Office seeks their extradition to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
- A total of $19 million was directly deposited from known illicit sources into AudiA6 accounts.
The arrests followed a coordinated international investigation involving U.S., Australian, German, and Japanese agencies. The AudiA6 organization allegedly offered services to conceal the origins of cryptocurrency for a fee, facilitating criminal activities.
Tkachuk and Ledenev could face up to two decades in prison if convicted for their roles in laundering funds through the AudiA6 service using Bitcoin. (Source)
