俄羅斯加密貨幣交易所Garantex週四被美國和歐洲執法部門奪取了明顯的癲癇發作

俄羅斯加密貨幣交易所Garantex週四被美國和歐洲執法部門奪取了明顯的癲癇發作

U.S. and European law enforcement agencies have reportedly seized cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, shutting down the platform’s website and social media channels.

據報導，美國和歐洲執法機構已扣押了加密貨幣交易所Garantex，關閉了該平台的網站和社交媒體渠道。

The move comes shortly after the exchange said it had more than 2.5 billion rubles — or about $28 million — frozen by stablecoin operator Tether.

此舉是在交易所表示其25億盧布（約2800萬美元）被Stablecoin運營商Tether凍結的不久之後。

“The domain for Garantex has been seized by the United States Secret Service pursuant to a seizure warrant obtained by the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia under the authority of 18 U.S.C §§ 981 and 982,” a notice on the exchange’s website says. The image includes insignias of the FBI, Justice Department, the Secret Service, Europol and several European law enforcement agencies.

交易所網站上的一份通知說：“根據美國弗吉尼亞州東部地區檢察官辦公室獲得的扣押令，根據181和982的授權，美國特勤局已被美國特勤局扣押。”該圖像包括聯邦調查局，司法部，特勤局，歐洲刑警組織和幾個歐洲執法機構的徽章。

“This action has been taken in coordination with the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Europol, the Dutch National Police, the German Federal Criminal Police Office, the Frankfurt General Prosecutor's Office, the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation, and the Estonian National Criminal Police.”

“這項訴訟是與美國司法部刑事部，聯邦調查局，歐洲刑警組織，荷蘭國家警察，德國聯邦刑事警察局，法蘭克福總檢察官辦公室，芬蘭國家調查局和愛沙尼亞國家刑事警察協調的。”

The FBI declined to comment on the notice and the Justice Department as well as Europol did not respond to requests for comment.

聯邦調查局拒絕對通知和司法部以及歐洲刑警組織發表評論，沒有回應置評請求。

Last week, the European Union announced sanctions on Garantex, writing that the platform was used to circumvent sanctions and had ties to Russian banks that had also been sanctioned.

上週，歐洲聯盟宣布對Garantex進行製裁，並寫道該平台被用來規避制裁，並與也已被批准的俄羅斯銀行建立了聯繫。

Garantex was sanctioned by the Treasury Department in 2022 due to its prominent role in the Russian ransomware ecosystem. U.S. officials said at the time that cybercriminals use the platform to effectively cash out illicitly-gained cryptocurrency and investigators traced over $100 million in transactions that were associated with illicit actors and darknet markets, including nearly $6 million from Russian ransomware gang Conti.

Garantex於2022年被國庫批准，因為它在俄羅斯勒索軟件生態系統中的重要作用。美國官員當時表示，網絡犯罪分子使用該平台有效兌現非法獲得的加密貨幣，調查人員追踪了超過1億美元的交易，這些交易與非法參與者和Darknet市場相關，其中包括近600萬美元的俄羅斯lansomwareware Gang Conti。

On Thursday, Garantex posted a message on Telegram claiming the platform’s wallets had been blocked by Tether and its services were being suspended.

週四，Garantex在電報上發布了一條消息，聲稱該平台的錢包已被Tether封鎖，其服務已被暫停。

“Dear users! We have bad news. Tether has entered the war against the Russian crypto market and blocked our wallets worth more than 2.5 billion rubles,” Garantex told its users.

“親愛的用戶！我們有壞消息。 Tether已經與俄羅斯加密貨幣市場發動了戰爭，並阻止了我們的錢包價值超過25億盧布，” Garantex告訴其用戶。

“We are temporarily suspending all services, including cryptocurrency withdrawals, while our entire team solves this problem. We are fighting and will not give up! Please note that all USDT in Russian wallets is now under threat. As always, we are the first, but not the last.”

“我們暫時暫停所有服務，包括加密貨幣提款，而我們的整個團隊都解​​決了這個問題。我們正在戰鬥，不會放棄！請注意，俄羅斯錢包中的所有USDT現在都受到威脅。與往常一樣，我們是第一個，但不是最後一個。”

Garantex was founded in 2019 and has become one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Russia, gaining further prominence after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Garantex成立於2019年，已成為俄羅斯最大的加密貨幣交易所之一，在2022年俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭之後，它在俄羅斯的進一步突出。

The platform allowed people to circumvent sanctions on Russian banks by bringing rubles to the company’s offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg and get cryptocurrency in return, which can then be exchanged for other fiat currencies.

該平台允許人們通過將盧布帶到莫斯科和聖彼得堡的公司辦公室，並獲得加密貨幣來避免對俄羅斯銀行的製裁，然後將其換成其他菲亞特貨幣。

U.S. and European law enforcement agencies have repeatedly accused the platform of being used by cybercriminals, gangs and designated terrorist groups.

美國和歐洲執法機構一再指控該平台被網絡犯罪分子，幫派和指定恐怖組織使用。