Europol arrested 14 members of the group on money laundering through cryptocurrencies

The US Department of Justice has accused 14 a person in a group, engaged in money laundering with cryptocurrencies. Europol arrests defendants in several European countries.

It's about the QQAAZZ grouping, which, according to the US Department of Justice, works with 2016 years and has ties with the largest hacker groups, distributing viruses-shifers. Among them are groups, standing behind Dridex botnets, Trickbot and Goznym. QQAAZZ used Russian -speaking hacker forums to advertise their services.

To carry out their activities, members of the group used a large network of bank accounts, fake persons and fake companies. Funds were transferred to these bank accounts, moved repeatedly between different accounts, And then they were transferred to cryptocurrency and went to hackers.

The management of QQAAZZ was mainly engaged in communicating with clients, The middle link hired couriers, And couriers, If necessary, Cashed out money at ATMs. For their services, the group took from 40% to 50% from the amount of the washed funds.

Within the framework of the international operation "2bagoldmule" Europol conducted searches for 40 households, located in Latvia, Bulgaria, UK, Spain and Italy. More was carried out 20 arrests. Also in October 2019 In Latvia, five more members of QQAazz were arrested in Latvia.

Earlier, the US Department of Justice conducted Disruptor, Within the framework of which the smugglers and operators of the drugs for the sale of drugs in Darknet was confiscated $6.5 Milln in cryptocurrency and fiat currency.

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