Published on 11/01/2025 20:56
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Fraud: a broker who laundered dirty money using cryptocurrency was arrested
Fraud: a broker who laundered dirty money using cryptocurrency was arrested
(France 2)
“Dark Bank” is the pseudonym of a broker wanted by French justice. He laundered dirty money from criminal enterprises on a global scale. The principle: cash transformed into cryptocurrency.
In October 2023, at Nice airport, the police arrested a Russian passenger: Ekaterina Zhdanova, 38 years old. Investigators suspect the woman who presents herself as an influencer of being a figure in an international money laundering network using cryptocurrencies. Three million euros linked to illegal activities would have been laundered in France, and one billion euros in total.
Ekaterina Zhdanova worked under the supervision of a certain “Dark Bank”, code name for Huzefa Hafiz Ismail, 41 years old, American citizen. On his X page, he presents himself as a master of mathematics and offers investments in cryptocurrencies. French investigators who uncovered him believe he is the leader of a network which used virtual currency to hide fortunes linked to criminal organizations and drug trafficking. Arrested in the United States following the French investigation, “Dark Bank” is awaiting extradition to France. Contacted, Ekaterina Zhdanova’s lawyer did not wish to follow up.
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