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Crypto Sleuth May Have Found Tokens of Sanctioned Russians

  • Forensics firm Elliptic flagged wallet to authorities
  • The wallet contains millions in cryptocurrency, Elliptic said

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Crypto forensics firm Elliptic said it has passed on to authorities information on a digital wallet that may be linked to sanctioned Russian officials and oligarchs.

The wallet has “significant crypto-asset holdings,” in the millions of dollars, Elliptic co-founder Tom Robinson said in an interview Monday.

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Crypto Sleuth May Have Found Tokens of Sanctioned Russians