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⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>On the day <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> and Trump exchanged prisoners (BTC-e bro <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AlexanderVinnik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlexanderVinnik</span></a> for teacher Marc Fogel) someone moved ~$700 million worth of bitcoin that was last moved the week after BTC-e was shut down for money laundering 8 years ago in 2017.</p><p>This is what the kids call "sus".</p><p>IMHO someone got paid off to get Vinnik out of US custody. Whether it was <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and/or his negotiator / crypto partner <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SteveWitkoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteveWitkoff</span></a> just taking a bribe or Putin who got paid off to ask for Vinnik we may never know.</p><p>The funds are currently just parked on chain in a new wallet.</p><p>Fun fact: BTC-e is known to have been involved in laundering money for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>'s use in <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> way back in 2015/2016, in the early <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Donbas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Donbas</span></a> battles.</p><p>* 2017 txn: <a href="https://mempool.space/tx/1824411759a534758f90d01cfa345be9616a92fe11581490037eba3e77bea9ff" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mempool.space/tx/1824411759a53</span><span class="invisible">4758f90d01cfa345be9616a92fe11581490037eba3e77bea9ff</span></a><br>* February 10th, 2025: <a href="https://mempool.space/tx/929169aa181866e0c5e6e34aa3b4f9d2c102a3bbace087f67bb98997e84114e4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mempool.space/tx/929169aa18186</span><span class="invisible">6e0c5e6e34aa3b4f9d2c102a3bbace087f67bb98997e84114e4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BTCe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BTCe</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AlexanderVinnik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlexanderVinnik</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RUssia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RUssia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/eupol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eupol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPutin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NAFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NAFO</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AlexanderVinnik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlexanderVinnik</span></a>, the OG russian crypto money launderer and ransomware facilitator who ran BTC-e and laundered billions of dollars of Russian money through crypto way before that was cool (he was arrested in 2017) got let out of prison, apparently in a prisoner swap.</p><p>BTC-e was also involved in the legendary <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MtGox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MtGox</span></a> hack (IIRC a lot of stolen <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> was laundered through BTC-e).</p><p>Suspect there's a lot of reasons Putin and the rest of the oligarchs wanted Vinnik released (and why Trump wanted to release him).</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-release-russian-alexander-vinnik-part-exchange-that-freed-fogel-new-york-2025-02-12/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/us-releas</span><span class="invisible">e-russian-alexander-vinnik-part-exchange-that-freed-fogel-new-york-2025-02-12/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BTCe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BTCe</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/eupol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eupol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ransomware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ransomware</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BTCe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BTCe</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BTC</span></a></p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>U.S. Trades 5 Cybercriminals to Russia in Prisoner Swap <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/08/u-s-trades-5-cybercriminals-to-russia-in-prisoner-swap/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">krebsonsecurity.com/2024/08/u-</span><span class="invisible">s-trades-5-cybercriminals-to-russia-in-prisoner-swap/</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/RussiasWaronUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussiasWaronUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Ne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ne</span></a>'er-Do-WellNews <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/VladislavKlyushin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VladislavKlyushin</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/AlexanderVinnik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlexanderVinnik</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/EvanGershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EvanGershkovich</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/AlsuKurmasheva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlsuKurmasheva</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/MaximMarchenko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaximMarchenko</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/GermanMoyzhes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GermanMoyzhes</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/RomanSeleznev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RomanSeleznev</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/VadimKrasikov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VadimKrasikov</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/VladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPutin</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/IvanErmakov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IvanErmakov</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Ransomware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ransomware</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/PaulWhelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaulWhelan</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/trickbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trickbot</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/MtGox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MtGox</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/BTCe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BTCe</span></a></p>