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Following takedown operation, Garantex invites customers to ‘face-to-face’ Moscow meeting
Russian crypto exchange Garantex has yet to directly address the international law enforcement operation that resulted in the seizure of its domains, and criminal charges against two of its administrators.
Then, on Friday, the U.S. Justice Department announced charges against two of the exchange’s administrators, Aleksej Besciokov, and Aleksandr Mira Serda, accusing the pair of facilitating money laundering on their platform on behalf of cybercriminals and terrorists. Without acknowledging the law enforcement actions, Garantex published an announcement on its official Telegram channel saying it has “developed a solution for blocked assets,” and is inviting customers with a positive account balance “to a personal meeting in our Moscow office,” according to a machine translation. Garatex said it will start “face-to-face meetings” in its office as of Monday, and is asking customers to arrive “with the phone to which the account is linked and with access to your email,” because the company “may need to send you confirmation codes,” its announcement read.
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