US Department of Justice: Two men arrested on suspicion of laundering over $389 million through cryptocurrency.

According to Mars Finance, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced the arrest of Ruslan Igorevich Tkachuk and Alexander Vladimirovich Ledenev for allegedly operating the cryptocurrency money laundering service Audi A6. Since its launch in 2021, the service has received approximately 10,333 bitcoins, with a transaction value exceeding $389 million. At least $19.234 million worth of bitcoins originated directly from illicit sources such as Dark Web markets and ransomware groups. Joint international law enforcement action has seized and frozen Audi A6's servers, domains, and Telegram accounts.