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Jun 11, 2026

US Charges Two Men With Operating $389 Million Bitcoin Laundering Service AudiA6

Federal prosecutors charged two Eastern European nationals with running AudiA6, a cryptocurrency mixing service that allegedly laundered nearly $400 million in Bitcoin since 2021. The pair were arrested in Georgia following international investigations involving the US, Europol, and 10 other countries.

Jun 11, 2026·4 sources

May 7, 2026

Europol Shuts Down €50 Million Crypto Recovery Scam Network

Austrian and Albanian police arrested 10 people and shut down fraudulent call centers in Tirana that operated a €50 million crypto recovery scam targeting victims across Europe.

May 7, 2026·1 source

Top claims

▪The websites for the AudiA6 service and the Dark2Web forum were replaced with law enforcement seizure banners.
▪The service charged clients a fee of up to 5% per transaction, earning at least $10 million in commissions.
▪Europol described the AudiA6 platform as the “most trusted by ransomware gangs and cybercriminal networks.”

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Crypto enforcement actions Bitcoin privacy Cryptocurrency mixers Bitcoin Anti-money laundering (AML)Crypto regulation

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