Russia’s FSB arrests man suspected of donating crypto to Ukraine’s armed forces – DL News
- FSB has made several crypto-related arrests since 2023.
- Suspect faces life in prison if convicted.
- Russia-supporting groups have also raised funds with crypto.
Russia’s Federal Security Service, also known as the FSB, appears to have resumed its crackdown on citizens it suspects of sending crypto to the Ukrainian military.
The FSB has announced the “arrest and detention” of an unnamed male resident of the Tula Oblast on treason-related charges, Interfax reported.
“We have established that a Russian citizen used cryptocurrency to transfer funds to an armed group fighting on the Ukrainian side,” an FSB spokesperson said. “The maximum sentence for treason of this sort is life imprisonment.”
The arrest indicates that the FSB has…
