India arrested man due to $ 96 billion crypto exchange on the US request

India arrested man due to $ 96 billion crypto exchange on the US request

The Indian authorities have arrested a Lithuanian man who is looking for $ 96 billion by the United States because of the alleged management of a cryptocurrency exchange. This platform enabled terrorist organizations, drug dealers and cybercriminals to wash money.

arrest after international search

The arrest of Aleksej Besciokov ends a Intensive international search . This escalated last week with the confiscation of the cryptocurrency exchange, the freezing of $ 26 million in assets and the publication of a indictment against Bekiokov and a suspected accomplice.

expected delivery to the USA

The United States intends to pursue the delivery of Besciokov to the eastern district of Virginia. This would be a great success in years of fight against money laundering services that are said to support global crime and terrorism. The arrest shows that the US government under the Trump administration in some areas, such as the offensive-cyber operations against Russia, while the Ministry of Justice continues to decide against accused criminals to Russia.

background for arrest

According to the Ministry of Justice, Besciokov lived in Russia. It is unclear why he traveled to India. The police in the south -west Indian state of Kerala arrested BESCIOKOV this week, as the central investigative authority of India in a communication confirmed in which Besciokov was referred to as "fleeting".

reactions of the US authorities

"I can confirm that Aleksej Besciokov, one of Garantex's administrators, was arrested in India at the request of the United States," said the spokeswoman for the US Justice Ministry, Nicole Navas Oxman, CNN in an email. She refused further comments.

allegations against Besciokov and co -conspirators

CNN failed to reach a lawyer who represents Besciokov. The arrest is less than a week after the Ministry of Justice has published an indictment against Besciokov and a Russian man named Aleksandr Mira Serda because of the alleged management of Garantex. BESCIOKOV was responsible for keeping Garantex online and operating the infrastructure, while Mira Serda acted as a co -founder and "Chief Commercial Officer" of the stock exchange, according to the Ministry of Justice.

Garantex and the effects of the arrest

The Besciokov case illustrates how effectively the arrest of accused money washes can both disturb and interrupt their activity. The US Ministry of Finance had already sanctioned Garantex in 2022. In response to this "reorganized" Besciokov and others the operations of Garantex to avoid sanctions and get US companies to work with Garantex, according to the Ministry of Justice. Between 2015 and 2019, the stock exchange processed transactions worth $ 96 billion, as can be seen from the indictment.