Британская банда наркодилеров запустила собственный мемкоин для отмывания преступных доходов

cryptonews.ruPubblicato 2025-03-23Pubblicato ultima volta 2025-04-23

В Великобритании уличная банда создала собственную криптовалюту, чтобы отмывать доходы от торговли наркотиками. Схема была раскрыта экспертом по наркоторговле из Claymore Advisory Group Гэри Кэрроллом (Gary Carroll).

Кэрролл, который 14 лет проработал в полиции, узнал о схеме через свои конфиденциальные источники, однако не стал раскрывать прессе названия мемкоина. По его словам, банда планировала раскрутить монету через рекламные кампании в социальных сетях, чтобы повысить ее стоимость, а затем продавать, маскируя доходы от наркоторговли под легальную прибыль от криптовалютного предпринимательства.

Эксперт прогнозирует, что такие случаи станут чаще из-за простоты создания мемкоинов и их привлекательности для преступников. Криптовалюты давно и активно используются международными преступными группировками, такими как Smart и TGR. Злоумышленники часто подобным образом отмывают деньги для действующих в разных странах крупных бандитских группировок. Однако со схемой, которая подразумевает раскрутку и рост цены собственного актива, Кэрролл столкнулся впервые.

Ранее правоохранительные органы бразильского штата Сан-Паулу обратились в суд за разрешением на заморозку более 8,6 млрд реалов ($1,5 млрд) на счетах финтехбанка 4TBank. Прокуратура Бразилии предполагает, что крипториентированный банк находится под полным контролем местного наркокартеля First Capital Command.

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