The U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictments of Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko, Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik, and Anton Vyachlavovich Tarasov for operating services that helped criminals launder cryptocurrency. Bender.io and Sinbad.io, two cryptocurrency mixers, were seized in an international law enforcement operation in 2023 and suspected of being used by North Korean hackers and ransomware gangs. Ostapenko and Oleynik were arrested on December 1, 2024, while Tarasov is still at large, according to the DOJ press release.