Russia’s FSB Charges Scientist with Treason for ‘Sending Crypto to Ukraine’
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Russia’s FSB, the nation’s Federal Security Service, has charged a Moscow-based scientist with “treason” for allegedly sending cryptoassets to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In an official FSB release and a report from Vedomosti, the agency explained that its agents have detained “an employee of a scientific organization in Moscow.”
Officers claimed that the unnamed scientist “regularly transferred his personal funds and cryptocurrency” to wallets operated by the Ukrainian army.
Russia's FSB detains scientist on suspicion of treason – https://t.co/CMcgyCRZnc
Agents claimed that the man “participated in DDoS attacks on a critical Russian structure.”
DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) involves attackers flooding servers with traffic, which often crashes sites or prevents web users from accessing them.
The FSB did not provide any details about the amount of crypto the scientist allegedly sent, nor which kind of coins the man used.
Furthermore, the agency withheld the name of the scientific institutions where the man allegedly worked.
It also refused to name the “critical Russian structure” it says suffered the DDoS attack.
“The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has opened a criminal case against an employee of a scientific organization on the grounds of a crime under […] the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.”
The crime in question is classified by Russian law as “high treason,” media outlets reported on August 22.
Officers said the suspect “established contact with representatives of Ukraine’s special services.”
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