The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested Boiko, a Russian rapper, on the grounds of conspiracy and money laundering. The bitcoin wallet activity and an old exchange account were used as key evidence in filing charges against him.

Earlier this week an<a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/454797657/FBI-vs-Maksim-Boiko-Affidavit#from_embed"> affidavit</a> was unsealed in which FBI special agent Samantha Shelnick stated that she along with his team utilized digital papers to uncover a major money laundering operations run by QQAAZZ, a shadow criminal organization. QQAAZZ, the criminal organization involved committed money laundering by converting fiat currency into cryptocurrencies.

The username 'Atrofi95' was used amongst various exchange platforms like Coinbase and Bistamp. As these exchanges use a profound know your customer (KYC) system, FBI official was able to track the account linked with this user which was owned by Aleksejs Trofimovics. The accused was always in contact with Boiko through the phone.
<h2>FBI Was Suspicious of Boiko For Quite Some Time</h2>
Doubts started to creep in regarding the Russian rapper Boiko, who along with his wife, tried to enter the US with $20,000. When doing multiple checks, involving his phone, the police found that they were many pictures of him with bundles of money which he denies saying he raised this much amount by retail properties in Russia and investing in bitcoin.

Shelnick said they noted multiples conversations between cybercriminals and someone named 'gangass'. They traced and linked this pseudonym to Boiko on the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e, which got shot down there years ago on the pretext that it is being utilized for money laundering purposes. Boiko registered account was found there, and gangass was there as a username.

The accused rapper has continued to release music and has been found to be active on twitter too. If he is found guilty, he is staring at ten years of jail time.

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Russian Rapper Boiko Arrested in a Money Laundering Case

The Russian rapper has been arrested by the FBI in a money landering case after Boiko suspicious activities made them suspicious.

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Russian Rapper Boiko Arrested in a Money Laundering Case

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