11 countries' law enforcement agencies shut down the AudiA6 crypto money laundering network

Odaily Planet Daily News Law enforcement agencies from 11 countries jointly dismantled the money laundering network AudiA6, which processed over 336 million euros in illegal funds between 2022 and 2025. On June 10th, law enforcement arrested two administrators of Russian and Ukrainian nationality in Georgia, seized 25 domain names, over 30 servers, and 80 vehicles, and froze approximately 778,000 euros in cryptocurrency. AudiA6 operated as a "mixer-as-a-service," providing cybercriminals involved in ransomware attacks with services to cash out crypto assets and conceal fund flows, charging commissions of 3% to 10% and claiming it could complete the "laundering" within approximately one hour.

Since 2021, AudiA6 wallets have received approximately 10,333 BTC, valued at around $389 million at the time of the transactions. The investigation also revealed that the money laundering network used thousands of fake accounts created through stolen or purchased identities, involving over 6,000 KYC records; many accounts were linked to Russian-speaking intermediaries and were used to transfer criminal proceeds through crypto exchanges. The surface web and dark web domain names of AudiA6 and Dark2Web have been replaced with seizure banners. (Cointelegraph)