U.S. DOJ Charges 2 Russian Nationals for Laundering Mt. Gox Bitcoin

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted two Russian nationals

• 2023-06-12
• Alexey Bilyuchenko DOJ Russian Nationals Mt. Gox Aleksandr Verner money laundering

Russians Are Charged in Crypto-Theft in Hack of Mt. Gox Exchange

The two defendants were accused of conspiring to launder about 647,000 bitcoin—the equivalent of $17 billion today.

• 2023-06-10
• Alexey Bilyuchenko Mt. Gox Aleksandr Verner bitcoin trading federal prosecutors Justice Department

DOJ charges Russian nationals with laundering bitcoin in 2011 Mt. Gox hack

The US Department of Justice announced today that it charged two Russian nationals for crimes related to the 2011 hacking of Mt. Gox, the now-defunct crypto exchange that was one of the world’s largest at the time. Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner are accused in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) of laundering about 647,000 bitcoins connected to the heist. In addition, Bilyuchenko faces separate charges in the Northern District of California (NDCA) related to running the infamous Ru

• 2023-06-10
• Alexey Bilyuchenko Aleksandr Verner laundering Mt. Gox Russian nationals NDCA US Department of Justice crypto exchange SDNY offshore bank accounts Southern District of New York