The platform, which operated on the darknet, laundered funds
that were used for ransomware attacks and state-sponsored
cryptocurrency heists, including by North Korean cyber actors,
the department said in a statement.
(Reporting by Tim Ahmann and Rami Ayyub)
WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Law enforcement in the
United States and Europe have taken down a cryptocurrency
platform known as ChipMixer that had laundered over $3 billion
and charged its operator, a Vietnamese man, with money
laundering, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday.
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