Rosfinmonitoring has recorded a twofold rise in suspicious cryptocurrency operations. This was reported by «Интерфакс», citing the head of the agency Yuri Chihanchin.
Most often such transactions are linked to the sale of drugs, fraud and corruption offenses, though there are also cases of financing terrorism.
“Together with VTB Bank we launched ‘Transparent Blockchain’, which enables investigations into cases related to cryptocurrency,” said the official.
He said that the tool is currently connected to around 7,000 law enforcement officers and other interested agencies.
“And we have already connected six countries, that is, they are also using it. This enables the filing of criminal cases,” added Chihanchin.
As of November, the unified database “Transparent Blockchain” counted around 19,000 “grey” addresses and tracked more than 30 cryptocurrencies.
Moreover, Rosfinmonitoring, together with the Central Bank, prevented 320 billion rubles from flowing into the shadow sector. In particular, 10 shadow platforms with a turnover of 28 billion rubles and 14 financial pyramids were liquidated. Against the organizers and participants of the latter, 380 criminal cases have been opened, and seizures of 2 billion rubles have been imposed.
Earlier, ForkLog studied the new tool for analyzing cryptocurrency transactions “InChain” from Holding T1.