According to the Financial Times, U.S. prosecutors indicted Iurii Gugnin, the founder of cryptocurrency payment company Evita, for evading sanctions and violating export controls, accusing him of laundering more than $500 million and assisting Russia in accessing sensitive technology. Gugnin was charged Monday with telecommunications and banking fraud, money laundering and other crimes, according to court documents released in federal court in Brooklyn. The Justice Department said he was arrested and arraigned in New York. Prosecutors accuse Gugnin of using his company to pay for sensitive electronics for customers abroad, including export-controlled U.S.-designed servers, and to launder money to procure parts for Rosatom.
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The US prosecution accused Evita founder Iurii Gugnin of Money Laundering $500 million and assisting Russia in obtaining sensitive technology.
According to the Financial Times, U.S. prosecutors indicted Iurii Gugnin, the founder of cryptocurrency payment company Evita, for evading sanctions and violating export controls, accusing him of laundering more than $500 million and assisting Russia in accessing sensitive technology. Gugnin was charged Monday with telecommunications and banking fraud, money laundering and other crimes, according to court documents released in federal court in Brooklyn. The Justice Department said he was arrested and arraigned in New York. Prosecutors accuse Gugnin of using his company to pay for sensitive electronics for customers abroad, including export-controlled U.S.-designed servers, and to launder money to procure parts for Rosatom.