On Feb. 1, the DOJ announced that it had brought charges against Belarus national Aliaksandr Klimenka. The charges include money laundering conspiracy and the operation of an unlicensed money services business. Klimenka’s unlicensed crypto platform, BTC-e, allegedly facilitated a highly anonymized trade of bitcoin, according to an indictment unsealed on Jan. 30. The DOJ further alleges that BTC-e helped facilitate transactions for criminals and received criminal proceeds. These illicit activities included computer intrusions, hacking incidents, ransomware scams, and identity theft schemes.