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Aleksei Andriunin, founder and chief executive officer of crypto platform Gotbit, has been extradited to the United States. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on Feb. 26 that the Russian national, arrested in October 2024 in Portugal, will face charges of market manipulation and wire fraud. The Department of Justice alleges that Andriunin engaged in wash trading, inflating cryptocurrency trading volumes on behalf of multiple firms. Other companies implicated in market manipulation allegations in 2024 include ZM Quant, CLS Global, and MyTrade. Indictment and extradition Federal prosecutors indicted Andriunin in late October 2024. According to the DOJ press release, the 26-year-old was extradited to the U.S. on Feb. 25, 2025. He will remain in custody pending a hearing, the U.S. Attorney’s Office stated. Read more: US indicts 26-year-old Gotbit founder for market manipulation A federal jury indicted Andriunin on Oct. 31, 2024, with charges also filed against Gotbit directors Fedor Kedrov and Qawi Jalili. Prosecutors allege that Gotbit offered market manipulation to multiple crypto entities between 2018 and 2024, creating artificial trading volumes for cryptocurrency companies, including some based in the United States. Andriunin allegedly described a wash trading code he developed during a 2019 interview. The code enabled Gotbit to artificially inflate trading volume, helping tokens gain visibility on CoinMarketCap and major exchanges. The DOJ alleges Gotbit received millions of dollars from these fraudulent activities, with Andriunin transferring part of the proceeds to a personal Binance account. If convicted, Andriunin faces up to 20 years in prison for wire fraud and up to five years for conspiracy to commit market manipulation and wire fraud. He also faces a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the gross gains from the fraudulent activities. You might also like: UK gov introduces bill to recover proceeds of crypto crime

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Libra, the cryptocurrency project made famous by the endorsement of Argentina’s President Javier Milei and its subsequent debacle, is reportedly the subject of an investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ). According to local media, people with knowledge of the issue confirmed that there is a probe in its early stages. The probe was started by the fraud section of the criminal division in the department, which is generally tasked with solving complex economic crimes involving U.S. entities abroad. La Nacion reports that the investigation follows an initial crime report that points to the involvement of President Javier Milei, mentioning Kelsier Ventures’ Hayden Adams, KIP Protocol’s Julian Peh, Mauricio Novelli, and Manuel Terrones Godoy as part of the Libra scheme. The probe might expand to include several agencies of the U.S. government, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is already rumored to be already working on the issue, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Libra, which is referred to by some erroneously as a meme coin, was first shared by Milei on social media as a token directed to help Argentine companies get funding. The endorsement prompted thousands to jump onto the token, losing millions after its price tumbled. Read more: The Libra Incident: Examining Argentine President Javier Milei’s Confusing Token Endorsement and Its Destructive Aftermath The case is also being investigated by Argentine authorities, who would be looking into Milei’s relationship with the founders of the project, examining the possibility of authority abuse crimes, influence peddling, and fraud. While Milei ordered an internal investigation, he also denied having any responsibility for Libra’s operations. He declared that he did not endorse the project, that he merely shared it, and that most of the affected were aware of the implicit dangers of the trade, calling them “volatility operators.” Read more: Javier Milei Denies Responsibility in Libra Debacle: ‘If You Go to the Casino and Lose Money, That’s Your Problem’ 免责声明：本文章仅代表作者个人观点，不代表本平台的立场和观点。本文章仅供信息分享，不构成对任何人的任何投资建议。用户与作者之间的任何争议，与本平台无关。如网页中刊载的文章或图片涉及侵权，请提供相关的权利证明和身份证明发送邮件到[email protected]，本平台相关工作人员将会进行核查。

U.S. DOJ initiates investigation on $LIBRA token The LIBRA token, a memecoin previously endorsed by Argentine President Javier Milei, is now the subject of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation, according to an X post by

OKX subsidiary Aux Cayes FinTech Co. Ltd. (OKX Seychelles) reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, admitting to operating remittance services without authorization in the U.S. The company will pay an $84 million fine and forgo $421 million in revenue.…