For the first time in the history of Ukraine, seized virtual assets were transferred to the management of a state structure, namely, ARMA.
For the first time in the history of Ukraine, seized virtual assets were transferred to the management of a state structure, namely, ARMA.
This was announced by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Kravchenko on his TV channel.
«Today, more than 8.3 million USDT was transferred to the ARMA crypto wallet — this is more than 372 million UAH. This is the first case when the arrested crypto assets were actually transferred to the state for management,» he emphasized.
According to the Prosecutor General, we are talking about digital assets that were stored on crypto wallets controlled by a member of an international hacker group.
«According to the investigation, the fraudsters carried out cyberattacks on citizens and companies in Europe and the USA, stole confidential information, demanded ransoms, and legalized the funds received in Ukraine through the purchase of real estate, cars, and other expensive property,» Kravchenko said about the circumstances of the case.
According to him, the estimated losses from the group’s activities exceed $100 million, and four participants, including the organizer, were detained as part of the investigation.
All are in custody, and assets worth over $11.1 million are also under arrest: residential buildings, apartments, cars, $1 million in cash, and virtual assets equivalent to over $8.3 million.
As dev.ua previously reported, the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv partially satisfied the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office and seized cryptocurrency assets belonging to members of a transnational hacker group.
We also reported that the police exposed an 18-year-old hacker from Odessa who was defrauding customers in California through an infostyler.
