BlockBeats news, December 24, according to monitoring by Arkham analyst Emmett Gallic, Aleksey Bilyuchenko, who is charged by the U.S. Department of Justice as the Mt. Gox hacker, his related entities have deposited 1,300 BTC (worth approximately $114 million) to an unknown exchange in the past 7 days. This series of addresses still holds 4,100 BTC (worth $360 million). They have sold a total of 2,300 BTC.
Public information shows that since 2011, Aleksey Bilyuchenko, together with Alexander Vinnik, operated BTC-e, a notorious exchange accused of laundering money for global cybercriminals, including ransomware, identity theft, and drug trafficking. BTC-e was shut down by law enforcement in 2017.
The U.S. Department of Justice charges that he, along with Aleksandr Verner, hacked into Mt. Gox (the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange at the time) starting in 2011, stealing approximately 647,000 Bitcoin (leading to Mt. Gox’s bankruptcy). They are charged with conspiracy to launder money and using part of the stolen funds to operate BTC-e.
