CBI, Kerala Police Arseter founder Exchange Cryptocurrency Exchange

The police of CBI and Kerala arrested a Lithuanian citizen Alexea Besciokova, whose United States sought Garantex, allegedly washing of influence from criminal activities, including ransomware, officials said on Wednesday.

He was arrested when he allegedly did to escape from the country, officials gave.

According to American documents of secret service, Besciokov, in 2019–25, allegedly “controlled and served” Garaantex, which facilitated money laundering in the amount of at least USD 96 billion in cryptocurrency transactions by transnational criminal organizations (including terrorist organizations) and violated sanctions.

“GARANTEX received hundreds of millions of criminal income and was used to facilitate various crimes, including hacking, ransomware, terrorism and drug trafficking, often with a significant impact for American victims,” ​​he said.

It was found that Besciokov was the main technical administrator of Garaantex and responsible for obtaining and maintaining the critical infrastructure of the platform, as well as browsing and approving the transaction.

The documents of the accusation cited by secret services stated that Besciokov is accused of one number of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which has a maximum judgment of 20 years in prison.

He is also accused of one number of conspiracy aimed at violating the International Act on economic entitlement-which also has a maximum judgment of 20 years in person and a conspiracy aimed at conducting unlimited activities of transferring money, which has a maximum judgment of five years in prison.

“At the request submitted by the USA, the Ministry of External Affairs, acting in accordance with the Act on extradition of 1962, received a temporary arrest order on March 10, 2025 to the subject of the subject of the ACJ Patiala House Court in Delhi. IPCU, CBI coordinated with the police in Kerala for arresting with Fugitive Crimej. Police – said CBI spokesman in a statement. He said he was wanted for a trial before the United States Regional Court in the Eastern District Court of Virginia. The Secret Service of the United States has carried out an order for March 6 authorized by a judge in the eastern district of Virginia against three names of the domains used to support Garantex operations to prevent these sites from washing money and additional crimes.