ຊາວລັດເຊຍພາຍໃຕ້ການລົງໂທດໂດຍໃຊ້ Crypto ເພື່ອຟອກເງິນ: ບົດລາຍງານ Elliptic

Russians with strong social connections, who are under international sanctions for the invasion of Ukraine, have been using cryptocurrencies to launder their wealth, according to a report.

ບໍລິສັດເຝົ້າລະວັງ Crypto Elliptic ກ່າວວ່າມັນພົບເຫັນຫຼາຍລ້ານທີ່ຢູ່ crypto ເຊື່ອມຕໍ່ກັບກິດຈະກໍາທາງອາຍາແລະ 400 ຜູ້ໃຫ້ບໍລິການຊັບສິນດິຈິຕອນທີ່ຊ່ວຍໃຫ້ຜູ້ໃຊ້ຊື້ cryptocurrencies ໂດຍໃຊ້ຮູເບີນ.

Elliptic was also able to identify more than a hundred thousand crypto addresses linked to Russia-based sanctioned actors.

Simone Maini, chief executive of Elliptic, said, “we have directly linked more than 15 million crypto addresses to criminal activity with a nexus in Russia.” 

The firm further added that they are actively probing crypto wallets that are believed to be connected with Russian officials and oligarchs subject to sanctions using various means in collaboration with government agencies and other organisations.

Maini said that “sanctions screening requires more than simply matching customers’ wallet addresses with those published on sanctions lists in order to be effective. Funds should and can be traced through the blockchain ledger to screen them for links to all known and inferred crypto-asset addresses controlled by sanctioned actors.”

She also said that “soaring trading volumes indicate that ordinary Russians bypass oppressive capital controls and flee the devaluing ruble for the haven of crypto assets.”

The report highlights the growing pressure on Russians from sanctions put upon by the European Union, the United States and the United Kingdom. It is also evidence of the methods used by sanctioned Russians to launder money.

Last week, US President Joe Biden had announced new sanctions on the crypto assets of Russians under sanctions as an additional form of punishment for the ການບຸກລຸກ ຂອງຢູເຄຣນ.

While the head of the London Stock Exchange Group ກ່າວວ່າ ທີ່ ການແລກປ່ຽນ cryptocurrency engaging with Russia could see negative consequences as Western governments look for ways to tackle Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, ຂ່າວ Blockchain ລາຍ​ງານ​.

David Schwimmer, ຫົວຫນ້າບໍລິຫານຂອງ LSEG, ກ່າວວ່າການແລກປ່ຽນ crypto ແມ່ນຕິດຢູ່ລະຫວ່າງການປະຕິບັດຕາມປັດຊະຍາຂອງເອກະລາດຈາກກົດລະບຽບຫຼືການສະຫນັບສະຫນູນລະບົບສູນກາງຂອງການເງິນທົ່ວໂລກ - ເຊິ່ງຮຽກຮ້ອງໃຫ້ມີຂໍ້ກໍານົດຂອງລະບຽບການແລະກອບໂປ່ງໃສ.

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