Law enforcement release
Garantex cryptocurrency exchange disrupted in international operation
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia, March 7, 2025. Establishes the US domain seizure and parallel German/Finnish actions against Garantex..
- Source type
- Law enforcement release
- Published
- March 7, 2025
- Research grade
- P1
- Used in entries
- 13
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia
- Published
- March 7, 2025
- Source type
- Law enforcement release
- Research grade
- Source grade P1
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Official publication
- What it supports
- Establishes the US domain seizure and parallel German/Finnish actions against Garantex.
- Dataset id
- src_usss_garantex_2025
How this source is used
Cited 13 times across 4 record types.
The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.
Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.
Cited by
Takedown records
1 citation
Cited on the takedown record itself.
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Garantex disruptionPrimary source
Cryptocurrency laundering, March 2025
Organization roles
6 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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United States Secret ServicePrimary source
Operational lead, Garantex disruption
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United States Department of JusticePrimary source
Prosecuting, Garantex disruption
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Finnish National Bureau of InvestigationPrimary source
Supporting, Garantex disruption
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationPrimary source
Investigating, Garantex disruption
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BundeskriminalamtPrimary source
Supporting, Garantex disruption
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United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of VirginiaPrimary source
Prosecuting, Garantex disruption
Legal actions against people
2 citations
Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.
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Aleksej BesciokovPrimary source
Indicted, Garantex disruption
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Aleksandr Mira SerdaPrimary source
Indicted, Garantex disruption
Infrastructure
4 citations
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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garantex.org, garantex.io, garantex[.]academyPrimary source
Domains seized, Garantex disruption
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ServerPrimary source
Server seized, Garantex disruption
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Cryptocurrency walletPrimary source
Cryptocurrency wallet frozen, Garantex disruption
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DatabasePrimary source
Database copied, Garantex disruption