Europol dismantles “AudiA6,” a crypto laundering hub used by ransomware gangs to launder over €336M in illicit funds, exposing its links to more than 15 international cybercrime investigations

The network acted as a key cash-out hub, rapidly converting stolen crypto into “cleaned” assets through complex transaction chains designed to obscure the money trail. Authorities arrested suspects in Georgia, seized servers, domains, and assets, and froze additional cryptocurrency, while also uncovering links to the dark web forum “Dark2Web”. Europol linked the service to more than 15 global cybercrime investigations, highlighting the growing industrialisation of crypto laundering within the ransomware ecosystem…