If convicted, the duo may face 20 years in prison.
“They tried to hide their ill-gotten gains in Estonian properties, luxury cars, and bank accounts and virtual currency wallets around the world," said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. from the Criminal Division in the Department of Justice."U.S. and Estonian authorities are working to seize and restrain these assets and take the profit out of these crimes."
Turõgin and Potapenko were arrested on Nov. 20 and charged with “conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 16 counts of wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering,” according to the Justice Department.
Frances_Coppola Well, Estonia has been described as 'Digital Estonia', and here's the proof. I wonder if there's a Ruzzky link? If not, should they be put to work against Natsov Ruzzia?
Now do the 10bn one.
Polybius gang were not exactly head low, quiet bunch, but quite splashy. Made frequent appearances in local media, etc. It reflects poorly on Estonian police that the take down was ultimately down by the FBI. Collected some tidbits here
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