Besciokov is charged with money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to violate sanctions and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business.

Garantex co-founder Aleksej Besciokov was arrested in India's Kerala on Tuesday, U.S. and Indian officials tell TechCrunch.

Besciokov allegedly ran Garantex, laundering over $96 billion in cryptocurrency for global criminal groups, including terrorists, while violating sanctions.

The Kerala police came to know about the international fugitive after the external affairs ministry, acting on a US request ...

Indian authorities, acting on a US request, arrested Aleksej Besciokov, a Lithuanian national and co-founder of the sanctioned Garantex cryptocurrency ...

Aleksej Besciokov, cofounder of the Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, was arrested by Indian authorities on March 11, 2025. Police agents detained Besci ...

A Lithuanian national, co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, was arrested by Varkala police while vacationing ...

Aleksej Besciokov, a 46-year-old Lithuanian national, has been arrested by the Kerala Police, while he was on a vacation in Varkala, a popular beach destination in the southern state. According to ...

Indian police have arrested the co-founder of Garantex, a Russian cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the European Union and the U.S. government, under India’s extradition law, TechCrunch has ...

Indian authorities have arrested a Lithuanian man wanted by the US for allegedly running a $96 billion cryptocurrency exchange that allowed terrorist organizations, drug traffickers and cybercriminals ...

Indian authorities have arrested Aleksej Besciokov, who was wanted by the US for allegedly running a $96 billion cryptocurrency exchange that facilitated money laundering.

One of the operators of sanctioned Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex was arrested in India on Tuesday, according to two recent news reports. Lithuanian national and Russian resident Aleksej ...