By Lawrence Delevingne<\/p>\n

BOSTON, darkmarkets April 28 (Reuters) – U.S.officials on Tuesday arrested Roman Sterlingov, the alleged principal operator of cryptocurrency money laundering website Bitcoin Fog, according to a federal court filing.<\/p>\n

Sterlingov, darkmarkets<\/a> a citizen of Russia and Sweden, was detained in Los Angeles on money-laundering related charges.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin Fog, launched in 2011, is one of the original Bitcoin \u00abtumbler\u00bb or \u00abmixer\u00bb services designed to help users anonymize cryptocurrencies payments, dark web markets<\/a> web link especially on so-called darknet market<\/a> online markets that trafficked in drugs and other illegal products, according to a legal statement accompanying the criminal complaint by Internal Revenue Service special agent Devon Beckett.<\/p>\n

\u00abAnalysis of bitcoin transactions, financial records, Internet service provider records, email records and additional investigative information, identifies Roman Sterlingov as the principal operator of Bitcoin Fog,\u00bb Beckett wrote.<\/p>\n

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More than 1.2 million Bitcoin (BTC) — worth approximately $336 million at the time of the transactions — were sent through Bitcoin Fog, according to the Beckett statement.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the U.S.Attorney’s Office for darknet marketplace<\/a> the District of Columbia, which is handling the case, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Requests sent to email addresses tied to Sterlingov were not immediately returned. (Reporting by Lawrence Delevingne; Editing by Aurora Ellis)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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