During operational activities, intelligence officers shut down the infrastructure of the ChipMixer cryptocurrency mixer platform for its alleged involvement in money laundering activities. At the same time, four servers with 7 TB of data were confiscated, as well as access to crypto assets in the amount of 1909.4 BTC, approximately 44.2 million euros ($47.29).
Investigators suggest that the platform may have facilitated the laundering of more than 152,000 BTC. According to law enforcement, most of the assets are related to darknet markets, ransomware groups, trafficking in goods, sex crimes and theft of cryptoassets.
In early March, one of the developers of Tornado Cash, Amin Soleimani (Ameen Soleimani), announced the launch of a demo version of a new cryptocurrency mixer, which will give users the opportunity to bypass the ban imposed by the US Department of the Treasury.
Source: Bits
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