Russia uses cryptocurrency laundering networks to fund the Marsalek spy organization

According to Bloomberg, the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed that Russian intelligence services funded the spy organization of former Wirecard executive Jan Marsalek through a money laundering network that exchanged cash for cryptocurrency.

The spy organization consists of six Bulgarian nationals who have been convicted of charges including espionage, monitoring journalists and political figures, and plotting assassination attempts. British police stated that this network posed a serious threat before it was dismantled.

The UK's National Crime Agency shut down two Russian money laundering networks nearly a year ago, which had transferred billions of dollars globally. Investigations revealed that one of the networks had attempted to fund the aforementioned spy organization.