俄罗斯加密货币交易所Garantex周四被美国和欧洲执法部门夺取了明显的癫痫发作

俄罗斯加密货币交易所Garantex周四被美国和欧洲执法部门夺取了明显的癫痫发作

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

据报道，美国和欧洲执法机构已扣押了加密货币交易所Garantex，关闭了该平台的网站和社交媒体渠道。

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.

此举是在交易所表示其25亿卢布（约2800万美元）被Stablecoin运营商Tether冻结的不久之后。

“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.

交易所网站上的一份通知说：“根据美国弗吉尼亚州东部地区检察官办公室获得的扣押令，根据181和982的授权，美国特勤局已被美国特勤局扣押。”该图像包括联邦调查局，司法部，特勤局，欧洲刑警组织和几个欧洲执法机构的徽章。

“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.”

“这项诉讼是与美国司法部刑事部，联邦调查局，欧洲刑警组织，荷兰国家警察，德国联邦刑事警察局，法兰克福总检察官办公室，芬兰国家调查局和爱沙尼亚国家刑事警察协调的。”

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

联邦调查局拒绝对通知和司法部以及欧洲刑警组织发表评论，没有回应置评请求。

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.

上周，欧洲联盟宣布对Garantex进行制裁，并写道该平台被用来规避制裁，并与也已被批准的俄罗斯银行建立了联系。

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于2022年被国库批准，因为它在俄罗斯勒索软件生态系统中的重要作用。美国官员当时表示，网络犯罪分子使用该平台有效兑现非法获得的加密货币，调查人员追踪了超过1亿美元的交易，这些交易与非法参与者和Darknet市场相关，其中包括近600万美元的俄罗斯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.

周四，Garantex在电报上发布了一条消息，声称该平台的钱包已被Tether封锁，其服务已被暂停。

“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.

“亲爱的用户！我们有坏消息。 Tether已经与俄罗斯加密货币市场发动了战争，并阻止了我们的钱包价值超过25亿卢布，” Garantex告诉其用户。

“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.”

“我们暂时暂停所有服务，包括加密货币提款，而我们的整个团队都解​​决了这个问题。我们正在战斗，不会放弃！请注意，俄罗斯钱包中的所有USDT现在都受到威胁。与往常一样，我们是第一个，但不是最后一个。”

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成立于2019年，已成为俄罗斯最大的加密货币交易所之一，在2022年俄罗斯入侵乌克兰之后，它在俄罗斯的进一步突出。

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.

该平台允许人们通过将卢布带到莫斯科和圣彼得堡的公司办公室，并获得加密货币来避免对俄罗斯银行的制裁，然后将其换成其他菲亚特货币。

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

美国和欧洲执法机构一再指控该平台被网络犯罪分子，帮派和指定恐怖组织使用。