俄罗斯国民面临司法部指控洗钱盗窃加密货币收益

美国司法部 (DOJ) 于 1 月 10 日宣布起诉三名俄罗斯公民，罪名是运营用于洗钱犯罪收益的加密货币混合器。

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.

美国司法部称，三名俄罗斯国民因运营加密货币混合器 Blender.io 和 Sinbad.io 被马里兰州大陪审团起诉，据称这些混合器被用来洗钱犯罪所得，包括勒索软件和电汇欺诈的收益(DOJ) 于 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 被指控通过 Blender.io 和 Sinbad.io 加密货币混合器协助洗钱。美国司法部声称这些服务旨在掩盖非法资金的来源。奥斯塔彭科和奥莱尼克于 2024 年 12 月被捕，而塔拉索夫仍受到执法部门通缉。

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

2023 年，协调一致的国际执法行动导致 Sinbad.io 的基础设施被拆除。

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长布伦特·S·怀布尔 (Brent S. Wible) 在一份声明中表示：

“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.”

“正如起诉书中所指控的那样，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。”

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.

据检察官称，Blender.io 和 Sinbad.io 迎合了网络犯罪分子的需求，提供允许用户付费匿名交易的服务。检察官指控，犯罪分子利用混合器对加密货币盗窃、勒索软件攻击和其他犯罪所得进行洗钱，同时试图隐瞒资金来源。

“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.

法庭文件和公开信息称：“Blender.io 和 Sinbad.io 是加密货币混合器，允许其用户以隐藏加密货币来源的方式向指定接收者发送加密货币（收费）。”

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 均因与网络犯罪相关，包括与朝鲜民主主义人民共和国 (DPRK) 相关的资金而受到美国财政部外国资产控制办公室 (OFAC) 的制裁。

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.

被告被指控共谋洗钱和经营无证汇款业务，共谋罪可能被判处最高 20 年监禁。