The U.S. Department of Justice accuses Garantex management of allegedly operating a cryptocurrency laundering business worth billions of dollars

The U.S. Department of Justice announced coordinated action with Germany and Finland to shut down the online infrastructure used to operate the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, which is alleged to have facilitated money laundering and sanctions violations for transnational criminal organizations (including terrorist groups) since April 2019. Garantex has reportedly processed at least $96 billion in cryptocurrency transactions. Two administrators of Garantex are accused of operating a multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency money laundering operation.