Financial Intelligence has evidence of the growing use of digital currencies in criminal schemes. Moreover, private digital currencies, such as Monero (XMR), have recently become the most popular.
The head of Rosfinmonitoring Yuri Chikhanchin stated that his agency analyzed transactions with virtual assets, which involved more than 25,000 individuals and legal entities.
On the basis of the data received, 60 criminal cases were initiated and about 120 investigations were conducted.