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Alleged Co-Founder of Garantex Arrested in India

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Feed Name: Krebs on Security

Date Published: 2025-03-11

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: BrianKrebs

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Indian authorities arrested alleged Garantex co-founder Aleksej Besciokov following a U.S. DOJ indictment accusing him and Aleksandr Mira Serda of operating the sanctioned crypto exchange to launder criminal proceeds and evade sanctions; concurrent actions included seizure of Garantex servers in Germany and Finland and freezing over $26 million, with Elliptic citing the platform’s role in facilitating ransomware, darknet market activity, and sanctions evasion, including funds linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group.

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