CEO of Crypto associated with Russia, who is accused of washing $ 500 million

Federal Public Prosecutors in Brooklyn Charged Founder of the United States headquarters Coded The payments company, which runs what they claim to be an advanced international plan for money laundering, which transferred more than half a billion dollars on behalf of the sanctions Russian Banks and other entities.

Iurii Gugenin, a 38 -year -old Russian citizen, was arrested in Manhattan, and he was called on Monday and was detained without a sponsorship awaiting trial.

Gugenin faces an indictment of 22 acts accusing him of fraud in wires and banks, violating US sanctions and export controls, money laundering, and failure to implement the required money laundering protocols.

“The defendant is accused of converting an encrypted currency company into a secret pipeline in exchange for dirty money, as more than half a billion dollars move through the American financial system to assist in Russian banks that have been approved and help the Russian final users obtain sensitive US technology,” Eisenberg’s assistant, Eisenberg said in a statement.

Prosecutors said that Goghenin used his companies – Evita Investments and Evita Pay – to process about $ 530 million of payments while hiding funds and purposes. Between June 2023 and January 2025, he claimed that he had transferred money through American banks and exchanged cryptocurrencies, in the first place pregnancyThe widespread stablecoin.

Among the customers and companies related to Russian institutions that have been approved such as Serbank, VTB Bank, Sovcombank, Tinkoff and the state -owned nuclear power company Rosatom.

To implement this scheme, it is claimed that Gugnin has been offended the scope of his work, documenting decorative compliance, lying on banks and digital assets platforms about his relations with Russia. Prosecutors say that he raised the source of the money through Shell accounts and conducted more than 80 boys, digitally wiping the identities of the Russian opposite parties.

Investigators also cite online inspections, indicating that he knows that he is undergoing scrutiny, including inquiries such as “How to know if there is an investigation against you” and “money laundering is punished for us.”

The Ministry of Justice said that Gugnin has maintained direct relations with members of the intelligence ceremonies and officials in Russia in Iran – countries that are not delivered to the United States

He is also accused of helping to export sensitive American technology to Russian customers, including the anti -terrorist servant.

Goghenin was ranked last autumn in A. Wall Street Journal About the high -value tenants in Manhattan, where he was said to have paid $ 19,000 per month for an apartment.

If he is convicted of bank fraud, he faces a 30 -year legal legal penalty in prison, but if he is convicted of all charges, Gugenin can be granted a maximum penalty for a much longer period of his life.