俄羅斯國民面臨司法部指控洗錢竊取加密貨幣收益

美國司法部 (DOJ) 於 1 月 10 日宣布起訴三名俄羅斯公民，罪名是營運用於洗錢犯罪所得的加密貨幣混合器。

Three Russian nationals have been indicted by a grand jury in the District of Maryland for operating cryptocurrency mixers Blender.io and Sinbad.io, which were allegedly used to launder criminal proceeds, including the proceeds of ransomware and wire fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Jan. 10.

美國司法部稱，三名俄羅斯國民因經營加密貨幣混合器 Blender.io 和 Sinbad.io 被馬裡蘭州大陪審團起訴，據稱這些混合器被用來洗錢犯罪所得，包括勒索軟體和電匯欺詐的收益(DOJ) 於1 月10 日宣布。

Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko, Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik, and Anton Vyachlavovich Tarasov were charged with facilitating money laundering through the Blender.io and Sinbad.io cryptocurrency mixers. The DOJ alleges that these services were designed to obscure the origins of illicit funds. Ostapenko and Oleynik were arrested in December 2024, while Tarasov is still wanted by law enforcement.

Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko、Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik 和 Anton Vyachlavovich Tarasov 被指控透過 Blender.io 和 Sinbad.io 加密貨幣混合器協助洗錢。美國司法部聲稱這些服務旨在掩蓋非法資金的來源。奧斯塔彭科和奧萊尼克於 2024 年 12 月被捕，而塔拉索夫仍被執法部門通緝。

In 2023, a coordinated international law enforcement effort led to the dismantling of Sinbad.io's infrastructure.

2023 年，協調一致的國際執法行動導致 Sinbad.io 的基礎設施被拆除。

Brent S. Wible, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, said in a statement:

司法部刑事司首席副助理司法部長布倫特·S·懷布爾 (Brent S. Wible) 在聲明中表示：

“As alleged in the indictment, the defendants operated cryptocurrency ‘mixers’ that served as safe havens for laundering criminally derived funds, including the proceeds of ransomware and wire fraud.”

“正如起訴書中所指控的那樣，被告經營加密貨幣‘混合器’，作為洗錢犯罪所得資金的安全港，包括勒索軟體和電匯欺詐的收益。”

According to prosecutors, Blender.io and Sinbad.io catered to cybercriminals, offering a service that allowed users to pay a fee to anonymize their transactions. Prosecutors allege that the mixers enabled criminals to launder proceeds from cryptocurrency thefts, ransomware attacks, and other offenses, while attempting to conceal the origins of their funds.

據檢察官稱，Blender.io 和 Sinbad.io 迎合了網路犯罪分子的需求，提供允許用戶付費匿名交易的服務。檢察官指控，犯罪分子利用混合器對加密貨幣盜竊、勒索軟體攻擊和其他犯罪所得進行洗錢，同時試圖隱瞞資金來源。

“Blender.io and Sinbad.io were cryptocurrency mixers that allowed their users, for a fee, to send cryptocurrency to designated recipients in a manner designed to hide the source of the cryptocurrency,” court documents and publicly available information state.

法庭文件和公開資訊稱：“Blender.io 和 Sinbad.io 是加密貨幣混合器，允許其用戶以隱藏加密貨幣來源的方式向指定接收者發送加密貨幣（收費）。”

Both Blender.io and Sinbad.io were sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for links to cybercrime, including funds connected to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Blender.io 和 Sinbad.io 都因與網路犯罪相關，包括與朝鮮民主主義人民共和國 (DPRK) 相關的資金而受到美國財政部外國資產管制辦公室 (OFAC) 的製裁。

The defendants are charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and operating unlicensed money-transmitting businesses, which carry potential sentences of up to 20 years in prison for the conspiracy count.

被告被指控共謀洗錢和經營無證匯款業務，共謀罪可能被判處最高 20 年監禁。