TechFlow News: On March 24, on-chain analyst ZachXBT (@zachxbt) reported that Russian OTC broker Aleksandr Khinkis (“Aleks”) is suspected of assisting a ransomware group in laundering funds since July 2025, having transferred over $4.7 million through a single cryptocurrency exchange account—comprising three ransom payments totaling 796 BTC. Investigators posed as potential clients on Telegram and successfully obtained his exchange deposit address (0xa756...0706e). On-chain forensic analysis shows these funds were bridged from Bitcoin to the Avalanche network, with 75 transactions flowing into this address. Notably, one ransom payment of 164 BTC—valued at approximately $3.8 million—was converted via instant exchange and subsequently routed to the Tron network in October 2025; seven associated Tron addresses were blacklisted by Tether in November 2025.
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