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ChipMixer takedown

March 2023, Cryptocurrency laundering
Led by Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bundeskriminalamt

Extended pass entry, last reviewed August 21, 2026

What was taken down?

Server infrastructure seized in Germany; associated domains seized by US authorities.

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What happened to the people?

Officials reported 1 charged.
1 charged and 1 publicly wanted named in the public record.
Group accounted for: Partial

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Did it stay down?

Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

See what happened afterward

US and German authorities cooperated to seize ChipMixer server infrastructure and charge its alleged operator, disrupting a cryptocurrency-mixing service used to launder criminal proceeds.

Date
March 2023
Target
ChipMixer, cryptocurrency mixer
Activity
Cryptocurrency laundering
Operational lead
FBI and BKA
Jurisdiction
Not established
Outcome
Server infrastructure seized in Germany; associated domains seized by US authorities.
Status
Completed
Legal mechanism
US seizure warrant; German judicial search/seizure authority; federal criminal charges.
Group accounted for
Partial

Infrastructure

Servers seized and domains seized, with no count in the record.

Identifier Recorded as Status Notes
Not published Server Seized, Germany Backend server infrastructure seized in Germany.[1]
Not published Domain Seized, United States Domains associated with the ChipMixer service.[1]

Domains and onion addresses are shown defanged. Where the record gives a count but no identifier, the count is shown in place of one. This list carries only what appears in the cited sources.

1
charged
1
publicly wanted

Named in the public record: 1 charged and 1 publicly wanted.

Figures count individuals named in charging documents and official statements, each person once per outcome. People alleged to be involved but not publicly identified are not counted.

Reported and named. Officials reported 1 charged. 1 charged and 1 publicly wanted named in the public record. The two figures come from different places and are never added together. Officials publish a headline total, and this index counts only the individuals it can name from the cited record.
Person Role Current public status
Operator of ChipMixer ChargedPublicly wanted
Charging authority
United States Department of Justice
Main charges
Money laundering; Operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business; Identity theft-related offenses
Case number
Not established in the public record
Arresting authority
Not established in the public record
Arrest location
Not established in the public record
Extradition status
Not established in the public record
Conviction or plea
Not established in the public record
Sentence
Not established in the public record
Segment
Core operator
Sources
[1]
Full record
Everything indexed for Minh Quốc Nguyễn

Minh Quốc Nguyễn

Operator of ChipMixer. Current public status: Charged and Publicly wanted.

Charging authority
United States Department of Justice
Main charges
Money laundering; Operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business; Identity theft-related offenses
Case number
Not established in the public record
Arresting authority
Not established in the public record
Arrest location
Not established in the public record
Extradition status
Not established in the public record
Conviction or plea
Not established in the public record
Sentence
Not established in the public record
Segment
Core operator
Sources
[1]
Full record
Everything indexed for Minh Quốc Nguyễn

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Group accounted for: Partial

The cited record does not say how large the group was or whether everyone involved has been identified.

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Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

Numbered markers throughout this entry link to the source that supports the claim beside them.

Official sources

  1. [1]
    ChipMixer cryptocurrency mixer dismantled

    US DOJ / FBI, March 15, 2023, Source grade P1

    Establishes the US-German seizure of ChipMixer infrastructure and the charge against its alleged operator.

    No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Added from deep-research aggregation pass. Not independently re-verified source-by-source to the same standard as the original 38-incident core; source_quality capped at S2/P2 pending a dedicated verification pass.