Ukrainian police closed nine cryptocurrency exchangers – Bits Media

The Department of Cyber ​​Police of the National Police of Ukraine announced the liquidation of nine services, through which hackers could exchange virtual assets, as a ransom. The operation is called international.

As a result, 24XBTC.com services are blocked, 100btc.pro, pridechange.com, 101crypta.com, uxbtc.com, trust-exchange.org, bitcoin24.exchange, PAYBTC.PRO and OWL.Gold. Domain names were located on US servers, In some European countries and Ukraine.

Using services, The police assure, Attackers used malicious software and sipper viruses, Legalizing and washing crypto assets, received from the victims for unlocking data. The exchange of cryptocurrencies for fiat money was carried out anonymously, And advertising for the exchange of digital assets was published on closed hackers forums.

The operation was carried out by employees of cyber police together with the main police officer and the Prosecutor General of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General, with the support of the US Federal Bureau (FBI). Now law enforcement agencies identify those involved in criminal activity.

Last year, the National Police of Ukraine exposed a group of citizens, creating an international fraudulent network of fake investment crypto services. In early March, the Binance Exchange began to conduct training seminars for Ukrainian police officers to identify cases of cryptocurrency fraud.