Europol Disrupts AudiA6 Crypto Laundering Service Used by Ransomware Gangs

Europol dismantled AudiA6, an industrial-scale cryptocurrency laundering service that facilitated ransomware gangs and cybercriminals in washing over €336 million in illicit funds.

• •The operation on June 10, 2026 resulted in arrests of two suspected administrators, seizure of 25 domains, 30+ servers, and €692,000 in frozen cryptocurrency
• •AudiA6 operated as a mixing service charging 3-10% commissions and processing illicit funds through a complex chain of transactions designed to conceal origins
• •The service maintained over 6,000 Know Your Customer records linked to money mule accounts, many connected to Russian-speaking intermediaries
• •Investigation linked AudiA6 to more than 15 ransomware investigations worldwide and revealed it used fraudulent exchange accounts with stolen or purchased identities