GaratEx exchange denied participation in financing Palestinian militants – Bits Media

The Russian Cryptian GaratEx has denied the article by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which was approved, that the company is participating in the financing of Palestinian militants.

The article WSJ says, that before the attack on Israel, militants of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group got $93 Milln through the Russian crypto -tank GaratEx. The publication claims, which is the site of Garantex, The office of which is located in the capital's complex "Moscow City", not only the militants of the Islamic jihad used, But also terrorists from Hamas.

In response to the article, Evgeny Burova, Director of Marketing Cryptocurrency Exchange,, that Garaantex has nothing to do with the transfer of money to Palestinian militants. There are Palestinians among Garantex customers, explained Burova, adding, that customers of exchanges are in demand exchangers in the UAE, offering the "best conditions for the exchange of USDT for dollars".

“We followed the chats, And in one of them the client admitted, that I really received money from some Palestinians for legal services in the Russian Federation. maybe, Some of the GaratEx customers did the same ", - suggested Burova.

She reminded, that Garantex does not work with politically significant persons.

“These are transactions, which can attract undesirable attention. And we consider it a fairly high risk for that, To refuse them ", She said.

Burova added, that the exchange cooperates with foreign bodies and interpol.

“We do not let cryptocurrency from marked wallets to the exchange turnover. We cannot refuse to receive a transaction for a primary wallet, But then this dirty crypt does not go into the rotation of the exchange. She either awaits law enforcement requests, or immediately returns back ", - added Burova.

Earlier, Binance's largest crypto -rope has blocked more than a hundred wallets at the request of the Israeli authorities. Tether said, What froze 32 Wallet with its USDT stabilcoins in the amount $873118,34. These addresses, Representatives of the company are considered, associated with illegal activities in Israel and Ukraine.