6 days ago · According to court documents, between 2019 and 2025, Russian national Aleksandr Mira Serda and Lithuanian national Aleksej Besciokov controlled and operated Garantex, a cryptocurrency exchange that allegedly facilitated money laundering by transnational criminal organizations (including terrorist organizations) and sanctions violations.

1 day ago · The arrest caps an intense US-led manhunt for Aleksej Besciokov, that escalated last week with the seizure of the crypto exchange, the freezing of $26 million in assets and the unsealing of an ...

21 hours ago · Aleksej Besciokov, 46, co-founder of Garantex, a cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by US govt in 2022, was arrested from Varkala while on vacation with his family on Tuesday evening.

10 hours ago · Aleksej Besciokov is a 46-year-old Lithuanian national and a co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, which is linked to criminal activities. The police say that Aleksej Besciokov’s had a significant involvement in money laundering case worth billions of dollars which were transferred to criminal and cybercriminal networks globally.

12 hours ago · India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Lithuanian national and Russian resident Aleksej Besciokov for allegedly using the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex to launder criminal proceeds. The arrest was made by the CBI and the Kerala police at the US request. The officials called ...

1 day ago · US law enforcement says Aleksej Besciokov and another Russian national operated a $152.5 billion cryptocurrency exchange that helped criminal entities like terrorist organisations to launder funds.

2 days ago · Lithuanian national and Russian resident Aleksej Besciokov, 46, was reportedly arrested by police in the Indian state of Kerala, while vacationing on the country’s southern coast with his family ...

1 day ago · At 4 p.m. local time (3:30 a.m. PT) on Tuesday, the state police of Kerala arrested Lithuanian national Aleksej Besciokov in the coastal municipality of Varkala, a state police official who made ...

1 day ago · Aleksej Besciokov is a resident of Russia and it is unclear why he was in India. Authorities in India have arrested a cryptocurrency exchange administrator wanted by the US for allegedly helping ...

16 hours ago · Indian police arrested Garantex co-founder Aleksej Besciokov at the US's request for alleged money laundering and sanctions violations. The US DOJ seized Garantex domains and froze $28 million in crypto, linking the exchange to North …