An alleged money launderer from Russia has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering in the United States. Denis Dubnikov, now 30, was arrested on Nov. 2, 2021 in Amsterdam, handed over by Dutch authorities on Aug. 16, 2022, and first appeared in federal court the next day.

The Russian and his accomplices have been laundering proceeds of Ryuk ransomware attacks on individuals and organizations in the U.S. and other countries between at least August 2018 and August 2021, according to court documents, quoted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Oregon. They made various financial transactions to conceal the source and ownership of the digital money.

(By Lubomir Tassev)