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(CyberScoop) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"22.395573997234\"><body readability=\"45.066463723998\"><\/p>\n<p>Russian authorities announced Wednesday the arrests of nearly 100 people related to the UAPS payment system and Cryptex cryptocurrency exchanges in an investigation into cybercrime-related money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>The Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia \u2014 Russia\u2019s top federal law enforcement agency \u2014 released the information along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MJmt8q7_RL4\">a one-minute video<\/a> showing authorities breaking down doors, making arrests, and counting what appears to be large amounts of cash.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian operation comes <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/jokers-stash-cryptex-uaps-pm2btc-cybercrime-money-laundering\/\">less than a week after<\/a> the U.S. government unsealed indictments and sanctions against two men allegedly connected to UAPS, and the U.S. Secret Service announced it had seized domains connected to the Cryptex exchange.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian agency did not immediately respond to questions about the operation or whether the U.S. government activities played any role at all. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed wp-embed-aspect-16-9\">\n<p><iframe title=\"\u0412 \u041c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u0437\u0431\u0443\u0436\u0434\u0435\u043d\u043e \u0443\u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0434\u0435\u043b\u043e \u0432 \u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0438 \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0439 \u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0436\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c\u044b \u0438 \u043a\u0440\u0438\u043f\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0431\u0438\u0440\u0436\u0438\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MJmt8q7_RL4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Video posted by the Investigative Committee of Russia Oct. 2, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the description of the video posted to YouTube, the agency wrote that the suspects \u201ccarried out illegal activities in the exchange of currencies, cryptocurrencies, delivery and acceptance of cash, sale of bank cards and personal accounts.\u201d The \u201cmain clients of these services were cybercriminals and hackers who used the services to legalize their criminal income,\u201d the agency added, according to a Google translation.<\/p>\n<p>The criminal scheme handled more than 112 billion rubles in 2023 \u2014 roughly $1.2 billion \u2014 and netted its operators about 3.7 billion rubles, the equivalent of roughly $39 million, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Russian authorities arrested 96 people as part of the operation, according to the agency, after 148 searches across various parts of the country. The Russian authorities did not release any suspect names, but the U.S. charged Russian nationals Sergey Ivanov, also known as \u201cTaleon,\u201d and Timur Shakhmametov, also known as \u201cJokerStash\u201d and \u201cVega.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"1.3705583756345\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/russian-authorities-arrest-nearly-100-in-raids-tied-to-cybercriminal-money-laundering.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"AJ Vicens\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by AJ Vicens<\/h4>\n<p> AJ covers nation-state threats and cybercrime. He was previously a reporter at Mother Jones. 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