- Suspect raised funds while living in Turkey, investigators say.
- Man reportedly donated coins to armed groups, who used funds to buy weapons.
- Federal Security Service has arrested several Russians who sent crypto to Ukraine.
Russian security forces have arrested a man they accuse of having used crypto to raise funds for armed terrorist groups.
The suspect, from Kaspiysk in Dagestan, allegedly collected about $6,500 worth of unnamed crypto over a year while living in Turkey, according to Russia’s Federal Security Service, the FSB. State news agency TASS first reported the arrest.
The FSB said it’s charged the man with providing assistance to terrorist organisations and that the investigation remains ongoing.
“While he was living in Turkey…
