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

**Address:** [https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/garantex-cryptocurrency-exchange-disrupted-international-operation](https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/garantex-cryptocurrency-exchange-disrupted-international-operation)

**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 disruption](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/garantex-disruption)

Cryptocurrency laundering, March 2025

Primary source

### Organization roles

6 citations

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

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[United States Secret Service](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/garantex-disruption)

Operational lead, Garantex disruption

Primary source
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[United States Department of Justice](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/garantex-disruption)

Prosecuting, Garantex disruption

Primary source
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[Finnish National Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/garantex-disruption)

Supporting, Garantex disruption

Primary source
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[Federal Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/garantex-disruption)

Investigating, Garantex disruption

Primary source
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[Bundeskriminalamt](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/garantex-disruption)

Supporting, Garantex disruption

Primary source
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[United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/garantex-disruption)

Prosecuting, Garantex disruption

Primary source

### Legal actions against people

2 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Aleksej Besciokov](https://takedownindex.org/people/aleksej-besciokov)

Indicted, Garantex disruption

Primary source
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[Aleksandr Mira Serda](https://takedownindex.org/people/aleksandr-mira-serda)

Indicted, Garantex disruption

Primary source

### Infrastructure

4 citations

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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[garantex.org, garantex.io, garantex[.]academy](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/garantex-disruption)

Domains seized, Garantex disruption

Primary source
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[Server](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/garantex-disruption)

Server seized, Garantex disruption

Primary source
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[Cryptocurrency wallet](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/garantex-disruption)

Cryptocurrency wallet frozen, Garantex disruption

Primary source
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[Database](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/garantex-disruption)

Database copied, Garantex disruption

Primary source

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