On the Ethereum blockchain, five addresses have been blocked, while one address on Tron has been restricted.
“Upon further examination of the Ethereum addresses, there have been a few questionable transfers that may or may not be related to the Finiko pyramid scheme, but nothing that stands out as extraordinary,” the analysts stated.
Currently, all the mentioned wallets are nearly empty.
Finiko operated from December 1, 2018, to July 28, 2021, enticing investors with promises of substantial profits. When the pyramid’s founder, Kirill Doronin, was apprehended, law enforcement agencies reported damages totaling 13 million rubles. However, according to Chainalysis, the stolen amount may exceed 100 billion rubles. Doronin maintains his innocence, insisting that no actual money was involved, only bitcoins.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently disclosed that the number of cryptocurrency-related court verdicts in Russia has surged by 5,000% annually. From August 2012 to October 2017, 72 verdicts were issued in cryptocurrency cases, with only one of them unrelated to drugs. In contrast, from 2017 to 2021, over 2,500 sentences were handed down in such cases.