50 million hryvnia and 830 kg of silver, seized on suspicion of fraud in the cryptocurrency market, were transferred to the management of the National Asset Monitoring and Management Agency (ARMA). This was reported by the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine.

With the participation of the Kyiv Darnytsia District Prosecutor’s Office SBU carries out criminal proceedings on the fact of illegal use by a group of persons for the exchange of electronic means.

According to the investigation, the attackers are from the Russian Federation and helped users called “L/DPR” convert cash and non-cash funds into cryptocurrencies without paying taxes and with further legalization.

During searches from the defendants, bank silver bars with a total weight exceeding 830 kg, about 50 million hryvnia in different currencies – 850,000 euros, 470,000 dollars and 460,000 hryvnias – were seized and later confiscated. .

In addition, at the request of the prosecutor’s office, 6 plots of land with a total area of ​​​​more than 6 hectares and 3 apartments with a total area of ​​​​380 m2 belonging to the defendants were arrested in the criminal proceedings. . The real estate was also transferred to ARMA management.

The total value of the seized property is more than 100 million hryvnia.

Recall that in Kropyvnytskyi at the end of January, SBU officers seized an unnamed amount of mining equipment from the buildings belonging to the Mining Express data center.

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