Prosecutor release

# Operators of Cryptocurrency Mixers Charged with Money Laundering

United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, January 10, 2025. Establishes the trilateral seizure of Sinbad mixer infrastructure..

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Published:** January 10, 2025

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 9

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs

**Published:** January 10, 2025

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Research grade:** Source grade P1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Official publication

**Address:** [https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/operators-cryptocurrency-mixers-charged-money-laundering](https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/operators-cryptocurrency-mixers-charged-money-laundering)

**What it supports:** Establishes the trilateral seizure of Sinbad mixer infrastructure.

**Dataset id:** src\_doj\_sinbad\_2023

How this source is used

Cited 9 times across 3 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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[Sinbad cryptocurrency mixer seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/sinbad-cryptocurrency-mixer-seizure)

Cryptocurrency laundering, November 2023

Primary source

### Organization roles

5 citations

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

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[Fiscale Inlichtingen- en Opsporingsdienst](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/sinbad-cryptocurrency-mixer-seizure)

Co-lead, Sinbad cryptocurrency mixer seizure

Later outcome
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[Finnish National Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/sinbad-cryptocurrency-mixer-seizure)

Co-lead, Sinbad cryptocurrency mixer seizure

Later outcome
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[Federal Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/sinbad-cryptocurrency-mixer-seizure)

Co-lead, Sinbad cryptocurrency mixer seizure

Later outcome
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[United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/sinbad-cryptocurrency-mixer-seizure)

Prosecuting, Sinbad cryptocurrency mixer seizure

Later outcome
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[Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/sinbad-cryptocurrency-mixer-seizure)

Prosecuting, Sinbad cryptocurrency mixer seizure

Later outcome

### Legal actions against people

3 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko](https://takedownindex.org/people/roman-vitalyevich-ostapenko)

Indicted, Sinbad cryptocurrency mixer seizure

Later outcome
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[Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik](https://takedownindex.org/people/alexander-evgenievich-oleynik)

Indicted, Sinbad cryptocurrency mixer seizure

Later outcome
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[Anton Vyachlavovich Tarasov](https://takedownindex.org/people/anton-vyachlavovich-tarasov)

Indicted, Sinbad cryptocurrency mixer seizure

Later outcome

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