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Key Findings Europol dismantled AudiA6, an industrial-scale cryptocurrency laundering service that processed over €336 million (~$389 million) in illicit funds since 2021 Two alleged administrators of Ukrainian and Russian nationality were arrested in Georgia on June 10, 2026 The operation seized over 30 servers, 25 domains, €692,000 in frozen cryptocurrency, and identified more than 6,000 fraudulent money mule accounts AudiA6 operators also ran Dark2Web, a dark web cybercrim

Key Findings Two US men, Matthew Isaac Knoot and Erick Ntekereze Prince, sentenced to 18 months each for operating "laptop farms" that enabled North Korean hackers to infiltrate approximately 70 US companies The scheme generated over $1.2 million in illicit revenue, primarily funneled to North Korea's weapons of mass destruction programs Knoot's operation ran from July 2022 to August 2023; Prince's farm operated from June 2020 to August 2024 Victims incurred over $1.5 million

Key Findings: The U.S. government has seized over $400 million in assets linked to the notorious darknet cryptocurrency mixer Helix. The assets include cryptocurrencies, real estate, and other monetary holdings previously owned by Helix's Ohio-based operator, Larry Dean Harmon. Helix processed an estimated 354,468 bitcoins, worth around $311 million at the time, through over 1.2 million transactions between 2014 and 2017. The service was popular among darknet drug dealers and

Key Findings Telegram-based illicit marketplace Tudou Guarantee has stopped transactions in its public groups after handling over $12 billion in transactions. Tudou Guarantee grew after the closure of the Huione Guarantee marketplace, with many sellers offering stolen data, money laundering services, and scam infrastructure. The shutdown of Tudou Guarantee is linked to the collapse of the Prince Group and the arrest of its chairman, Chen Zhi, in connection with a vast investm