The coalition of international law enforcement agencies confiscated the web -resort -related cryptocurrency exchange (“Garantx (.)), Almost three years after the service was sanctioned by the US Treasury in April 2022.
“The Garantx Domain was confiscated by the US Secret Service in accordance with the US Prosecutor’s Office in the Eastern District of Virginia in accordance with the 18 USC §§ 981 and 982,” the seizure website reads.
The operation was conducted in coordination with the criminal department of the US Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the European Postalation, the National Police of the Dutch, the German Federal Criminal Police Service (Bundeskriminalamt AKA), the Prosecutor General’s Office Frankfurt, the National Bureau of Finno.
Founded in 2019. Garantx was previously subject US sanctions for promoting transactions from Darknet markets and prohibited subjects such as Hydra and Conti. At the end of 2023 there were also sanctions imposed Against Russian national nickname Kateryna Zhdanov for role in revenue laundering such as Ryuk Via Garantx.
Development occurs a few weeks after the European Union announced Similar sanctions Against the Crypto-Oblya, late last month, on close connection with already sanctioned by Russian banks such as Sberbank, T-Bank and Alfa-Bank, which made Tether lock their crying wallets.
In a message posted on his telegram, Garantx – Note: “Dear users! We have bad news. Teter has entered the war against the Russian crypto -market and blocked our wallets worth more than 2.5 billion rubles.”
“We temporarily suspend all services, including the removal of cryptocurrency, while all our team solves this problem. We fight and do not refuse!”
Moscow exchange has since openly published List of cryptocurrency wallets that were blocked by Tether.
