US authorities found Roman Sterlingov, the developer of the cryptocurrency mixer Bitcoin Frog, guilty of 4 different crimes.
According to the news reported by Bloomberg, Bitcoin Frog’s developer Roman Sterlingov Tuesday, March 12 He appeared before a federal court in Washington.
The jury found Roman Sterlingov guilty of all four counts. Chief among these was helping to launder cryptocurrencies earned from illegal marketplaces known as the dark net. Juri, Sterlingov $860 million worth More than 1.2 million Bitcoins from being acquitted was found guilty.
Sterlingov first Money laundering in 2021 And illegal money transfer service He was accused of operating. Officials say hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crypto money has entered Bitcoin Fog in recent years and that $78 million came from darknet markets he emphasized.
Dual citizen of Russia and Switzerland Although Roman Sterlingov denies the charges against him, he currently faces a 20-year prison sentence.