Latest CryptoMixer news

US charges Samourai cryptomixer founders for laundering $100 million

Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for laundering more than $100 million from various criminal enterprises through Samourai, a cryptocurrency mixer service they ran for nearly a decade.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 24, 2024
- 04:55 PM
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Bitcoin Fog mixer operator convicted for laundering $400 million

Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov was convicted by a federal jury in Washington, D.C., for operating Bitcoin Fog between 2011 and 2021.
- Bill Toulas
- March 13, 2024
- 08:54 AM
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US charges founders of Tornado Cash mixer used by Lazarus hackers

The U.S. Justice Department charged two Tornado Cash founders with helping criminals, including the notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group, launder over $1 billion worth of stolen cryptocurrency through their decentralized crypto mixing service.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 23, 2023
- 01:39 PM
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ChipMixer platform seized for laundering ransomware payments, drug sales

An international law enforcement operation has seized the cryptocurrency mixing service 'ChipMixer' which is said to be used by hackers, ransomware gangs, and scammers to launder their proceeds.
- Bill Toulas
- March 15, 2023
- 10:53 AM
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Lazarus hackers use new service to hide $100 million in stolen crypto

North Korean hackers have found a way around U.S.-imposed sanctions to launder the cryptocurrency proceeds from their heists, according to evidence discovered by blockchain analysts.
- Ionut Ilascu
- February 13, 2023
- 11:00 AM
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Coinbase funds lawsuit against Tornado Cash cryptomixer sanctions

Coinbase announced on Tuesday that it is funding a lawsuit brought by six people in the U.S. against the Department of Treasury's for the sanctions on the Tornado Cash open-source cryptocurrency mixer platform.
- Bill Toulas
- September 09, 2022
- 02:45 PM
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US sanctions Bitcoin laundering service used by North Korean hackers

The US Department of Treasury today sanctioned cryptocurrency mixer Blender.io used last month by the North Korean-backed Lazarus hacking group to launder funds stolen from Axie Infinity's Ronin bridge.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 06, 2022
- 11:17 AM
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These are the cryptomixers hackers use to clean their ransoms

Cryptomixers have always been at the epicenter of cybercrime activity, allowing hackers to "clean" cryptocurrency stolen from victims and making it hard for law enforcement to track them.
- Bill Toulas
- November 16, 2021
- 12:01 PM
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