Thiruvananthapuram: A Lithuanian national searched by the United States was arrested by VARKALA POLICE Here Tuesday for financial fraud charges committed in the United States. The arrest was made based on a Interpol Red Corner Notice.
Aleksej Besciokov (46), alleged co -founder of Garantex, an exchange of cryptocurrencies sanctioned by the US government in 2022, was on vacation with his family in Kerala.
According to the police, Besciokov facilitated the washing of billions of dollars for transnational criminal and cybercriminal organizations. March 7, the United States Department of Justice He revealed an accusation against Besciokov and another alleged co -founder of Garantex, Aleksandr Mira Serda (40), a Russian who lives in the EAU.
Varkala DSP B Gopakumar said the police received an additional CJM address in the courts of the Patiala house to stop it.
