三名俄罗斯公民被指控为朝鲜黑客洗钱

三名俄罗斯公民罗曼·奥斯塔彭科 (Roman Ostapenko)、亚历山大·奥莱尼克 (Alexander Oleynik) 和安东·塔拉索夫 (Anton Tarasov) 被指控运营加密货币混合器。这些混合器使犯罪分子能够通过混合和集中资产来隐藏资金来源。

Three Russian citizens have been charged with running cryptocurrency mixers that were used by cybercriminals to launder illicit funds, including those stolen by state-sponsored hacking groups.

三名俄罗斯公民被指控运行加密货币混合器，这些混合器被网络犯罪分子用来洗钱，包括由国家支持的黑客组织窃取的资金。

According to the Justice Department, Roman Ostapenko, Alexander Oleynik, and Anton Tarasov are accused of operating two mixers, Blender.io and Sindbad.io, which enabled criminals to conceal the origin of their funds by mixing and pooling their assets.

据司法部称，Roman Ostapenko、Alexander Oleynik 和 Anton Tarasov 被指控经营两个混合器：Blender.io 和 Sindbad.io，这使得犯罪分子能够通过混合和汇集资产来隐藏资金来源。

The charges allege that these mixers became safe havens for money laundering by cryptocurrency scammers and cybercriminals, including hacker groups sponsored by states like the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

这些指控称，这些混合器成为加密货币诈骗者和网络犯罪分子洗钱的安全港，其中包括由朝鲜民主主义人民共和国等国家资助的黑客组织。

A grand jury has indicted three key individuals behind the Blender.io and Sindbad.io platforms, namely:

大陪审团已起诉 Blender.io 和 Sindbad.io 平台背后的三名关键人物，即：

Roman Ostapenko, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and two counts of operating an unlicensed money transmission business.

罗曼·奥斯塔彭科 (Roman Ostapenko) 被指控一项共谋洗钱罪和两项经营无照汇款业务罪。

Alexander Oleynik and Anton Tarasov are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and one count of operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business.

亚历山大·奥莱尼克 (Alexander Oleynik) 和安东·塔拉索夫 (Anton Tarasov) 被指控一项共谋洗钱罪和一项经营无证汇款业务罪。

Roman Ostapenko and Alexander Oleynik were arrested on December 1, 2024, approximately one year after Sinbad.io’s online infrastructure was seized in a coordinated law enforcement action, while Anton Tarasov remains at large.

Roman Ostapenko 和 Alexander Oleynik 于 2024 年 12 月 1 日被捕，大约一年前，在协调一致的执法行动中，Sinbad.io 的在线基础设施被查获，而 Anton Tarasov 仍然逍遥法外。

These services were sanctioned by the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which played a key role in this fight. Thus OFAC sanctioned Blender.io on May 6, 2022, citing its use by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to launder stolen currency. Following, OFAC sanctioned Sinbad.io, publicly citing its use by a DPRK state-sponsored hacking group and cybercriminals.

这些服务受到了财政部外国资产控制办公室 (OFAC) 的批准，该办公室在这场斗争中发挥了关键作用。因此，OFAC 于 2022 年 5 月 6 日对 Blender.io 进行了制裁，理由是朝鲜民主主义人民共和国 (DPRK) 利用该网站来洗钱被盗货币。随后，OFAC 制裁了 Sinbad.io，公开指出该网站被朝鲜国家支持的黑客组织和网络犯罪分子使用。

All the while, an FBI investigation was underway to tie up the whole scheme and find all the participants, and as Sean Burke, Acting Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta, said:

与此同时，联邦调查局的调查正在进行中，以查明整个计划并找到所有参与者，正如负责亚特兰大联邦调查局的代理特别探员肖恩·伯克所说：

“Last year, with the assistance of our international partners, we successfully dismantled Sinbad.io. However, we did not rest with this initial success. We maintained our focus on identifying the individuals responsible for its development and ensuring their accountability. These indictments serve as a testament to the power of international cooperation.”

“去年，在国际合作伙伴的帮助下，我们成功拆除了 Sinbad.io。然而，我们并没有满足于最初的成功。我们始终致力于确定负责其发展的个人并确保他们的责任。这些起诉书证明了国际合作的力量。”

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brent S. Wible, head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, also commented extensively on this large and long case. Wible, head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division:

司法部刑事司司长、首席副助理总检察长布伦特·怀布尔（Brent S. Wible）也对这一大而长的案件发表了广泛的评论。司法部刑事司司长维布尔：

“According to 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. By allegedly operating these mixers, the defendants made it easier for state-sponsored hacking groups and other cybercriminals to profit from offenses that jeopardized both public safety and national security. The indictment and arrests announced today, which follow the earlier takedown of the defendants’ criminal infrastructure, yet again demonstrate the value of our international partnerships in countering the global threat from cybercrime.”

“根据起诉书，被告经营加密货币“混合器”，作为洗钱犯罪所得资金的安全港，包括勒索软件和电汇欺诈的收益。被告据称通过操作这些混合器，使国家支持的黑客组织和其他网络犯罪分子更容易从危害公共安全和国家安全的犯罪行为中获利。今天宣布的起诉和逮捕是在早些时候拆除被告的犯罪基础设施之后宣布的，这再次证明了我们国际伙伴关系在应对网络犯罪全球威胁方面的价值。”

This is not the first time we have seen blockchain technology and decentralized finance not only make regular people more free and safe. We also see how individual actors and entire states can use it for malicious purposes, contributing to disappointing statistics of Web3 cybercrime and cryptocurrency fraud.

这不是我们第一次看到区块链技术和去中心化金融不仅让普通人更加自由和安全。我们还看到个人行为者和整个国家如何将其用于恶意目的，从而导致令人失望的 Web3 网络犯罪和加密货币欺诈统计数据。

Never let your guard down, be aware, and stay tuned.

永远不要放松警惕，保持警惕并保持关注。

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