The US Justice Department has unsealed a set of warrants authorizing the seizure of more than $2.8 million in cryptocurrency linked to an alleged ransomware operation. The action also includes the confiscation of $70,000 in cash and a luxury vehicle.

The warrants, unsealed in federal courts in the Eastern District of Virginia, the Central District of California, and the Northern District of Texas, are part of an ongoing criminal case against a foreign national accused of deploying ransomware to extort victims.

Details of the Alleged Ransomware Scheme

According to the Justice Department, the assets were traced to a wallet controlled by Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko, who is facing charges in the Northern District of Texas.

Prosecutors allege that Antropenko used the Zeppelin ransomwa

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