Tag: Blender

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has indicted Roman Pikulev, a/k/a Roman Boss, a Russian national, for his role in founding and operating Cryptonator, an unlicensed crypto exchange alleged to have processed over $235 million in illicit funds. According to the indictment, Pikulev and his associates ran Cryptonator from 2014 until March 2023 and operated as an international money laundering scheme, catering primarily to criminals.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has taken decisive action against Sinbad.io, a virtual currency mixer, for its role in laundering millions of dollars from cyber heists conducted by the notorious Lazarus Group, a cyber hacking group backed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Sinbad has been a crucial tool for laundering proceeds from high-profile heists such as those on Horizon Bridge and Axie Infinity.