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Media reported that Russian citizen Denis Dubnikov, co-founder of cryptocurrency exchanges EggChange and Crypto Coyote, was detained in the Netherlands last week at the request of US law enforcement. According to the FBI, $ 400,000 worth of crypto went through his accounts, and it was the ransom that the victims paid to the operators of the ransomware Ryuk.
Dubnikov was arrested while trying to take a vacation in Mexico, according to The Record. He was denied entry into the country and the Mexican authorities sent him to Amsterdam, where he was formally detained by Dutch police at the request of the FBI.
While suspects' arrests are usually not reported until formal charges are brought against them, news of Dubnikov's arrest became public after his own post on Instargam, where he spoke about the incident. Currently, the account has already been deleted, but many have saved screenshots of the message.
So far, neither Dutch police nor US officials have commented on Dubnikov's arrest. Although the incident caused outrage in the Russian cryptocurrency community, and some are already demanding an official response to the arrest of Dubnikov from the Russian government.
The Wall Street Journal , meanwhile, had an extradition request, according to which Dubnikov was accused of money laundering. The document says that in 2018, about $ 400,000 in cryptocurrency passed through one of his accounts, and law enforcement officers associate these funds with the ransomware Ryuk. At the same time, it is not yet clear whether the specified amount went through Dubnikov's personal account or through accounts associated with his Coyote Crypto and EggChange projects.
Dubnikov was arrested while trying to take a vacation in Mexico, according to The Record. He was denied entry into the country and the Mexican authorities sent him to Amsterdam, where he was formally detained by Dutch police at the request of the FBI.
While suspects' arrests are usually not reported until formal charges are brought against them, news of Dubnikov's arrest became public after his own post on Instargam, where he spoke about the incident. Currently, the account has already been deleted, but many have saved screenshots of the message.
So far, neither Dutch police nor US officials have commented on Dubnikov's arrest. Although the incident caused outrage in the Russian cryptocurrency community, and some are already demanding an official response to the arrest of Dubnikov from the Russian government.
The Wall Street Journal , meanwhile, had an extradition request, according to which Dubnikov was accused of money laundering. The document says that in 2018, about $ 400,000 in cryptocurrency passed through one of his accounts, and law enforcement officers associate these funds with the ransomware Ryuk. At the same time, it is not yet clear whether the specified amount went through Dubnikov's personal account or through accounts associated with his Coyote Crypto and EggChange projects.
