- Alexey Pertsev is the developer of the banned Twister Money platform.
- Pertsev was arrested by Dutch officers in August 2022
- Beforehand, a Dutch court docket had dominated to detain Pertsev till his subsequent listening to in late April.
Twister Money (TORN) value is up 15% after a Dutch choose dominated to launch Alexey Pertsev, the developer of the blending service Twister Money.
Regardless of Twister Money being banned, its native token TORN has been performing fairly properly just lately. The token has appreciated by over 30% within the final seven days.
Alexey Pertsev arrest and detention
Dutch authorities arrested Alexey Pertsev in August 2022 virtually instantly after america Treasury Division sanctioned Twister Money.
The US Treasury Division alleged that a number of hacker teams together with North Korean state-backed Lazarus Group used the crypto mixer to launder stolen belongings. It asserted that hackers laundered over $7 billion value of cryptocurrencies since 2019 together with the $80 million stolen from the Ethereum-based stablecoin protocol Beanstalk Farms in April 2022.
Nonetheless, the Twister Money ban attracted criticism from a number of gamers together with from crypto advocacy group Coin Heart which filed a authorized grievance in October 2022, asserting that the Treasury was overstepping its energy with the sanctions concentrating on crypto buyers within the US. Coinbase additionally just lately backed a lawsuit by six complaints in opposition to Twister Money.
Two months in the past, a Dutch court docket dominated to maintain Alexey Pertsev detained till his subsequent listening to later in April though that has now modified after a choose dominated that he could be launched although beneath strict circumstances.
- Alexey Pertsev is the developer of the banned Twister Money platform.
- Pertsev was arrested by Dutch officers in August 2022
- Beforehand, a Dutch court docket had dominated to detain Pertsev till his subsequent listening to in late April.
Twister Money (TORN) value is up 15% after a Dutch choose dominated to launch Alexey Pertsev, the developer of the blending service Twister Money.
Regardless of Twister Money being banned, its native token TORN has been performing fairly properly just lately. The token has appreciated by over 30% within the final seven days.
Alexey Pertsev arrest and detention
Dutch authorities arrested Alexey Pertsev in August 2022 virtually instantly after america Treasury Division sanctioned Twister Money.
The US Treasury Division alleged that a number of hacker teams together with North Korean state-backed Lazarus Group used the crypto mixer to launder stolen belongings. It asserted that hackers laundered over $7 billion value of cryptocurrencies since 2019 together with the $80 million stolen from the Ethereum-based stablecoin protocol Beanstalk Farms in April 2022.
Nonetheless, the Twister Money ban attracted criticism from a number of gamers together with from crypto advocacy group Coin Heart which filed a authorized grievance in October 2022, asserting that the Treasury was overstepping its energy with the sanctions concentrating on crypto buyers within the US. Coinbase additionally just lately backed a lawsuit by six complaints in opposition to Twister Money.
Two months in the past, a Dutch court docket dominated to maintain Alexey Pertsev detained till his subsequent listening to later in April though that has now modified after a choose dominated that he could be launched although beneath strict circumstances.
