U.S. Offers $6M Bounty on Crypto Exchange
Today, the Departments of State and the Treasury are targeting Garantex, a Russian-operated cryptocurrency exchange allegedly used by a wide variety of cybercriminals and cybercrime organizations for money laundering, and its network.
The Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (TOCRP) is offering two rewards totaling up to $6 million for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of leaders of Garantex, including up to $5 million for Russian national Aleksandr Mira Serda, a/k/a “Aleksandr Ntifo-Siaw,” and up to $1 million for other key leaders of Garantex.
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is also taking actions to re-designate Garantex and to designate Grinex,…
