Members of an organized criminal group, two foreign citizens, who participated in the laundering of several hundred million US dollars worth of cryptocurrency, have been arrested on charges of cybercrime and cryptocurrency laundering, - Beka Kvitsiani, Deputy Head of the Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia, announced at a joint briefing at the Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia with representatives of the Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia, the United States Secret Service, and the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime of the Republic of Poland.

According to Kvitsiani, the criminal group also operated a cybercrime forum called “Dark2Web,” which was used to advertise illegal services and connect cybercriminals around the world.

“Employees from the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia, the United States Secret Service, the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime of the Republic of Poland and the Lodz District Prosecutor’s Office, as well as the investigative services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and the Ministry of Finance, conducted a large-scale event in Georgia.

The special event, which was prepared with the support of Eurojust and Europol together with international partners, involved about 100 law enforcement officers from the United States, the Republic of Poland and Georgia, and investigative actions were carried out at dozens of locations on the territory of Georgia.

As part of the event, searches were carried out on individuals, their homes, vehicles and workplaces. As a result, electronic evidence and documentation important for the investigation were seized. At the same time, 173 vehicles and expensive real estate, allegedly purchased for the purpose of legalizing illegal income, and funds deposited in bank accounts were seized.

As part of a joint operation, on June 10, we detained members of an organized crime group - two foreign citizens - on the territory of Adjara.

Investigations underway in various countries into the aforementioned criminal case have established that the organized crime group - under the pseudonym "AudiA6", which had been operating since 2022, provided cybercriminals and other criminals with the laundering of criminally obtained cryptocurrency in the Internet space - covering up traces of the crime from law enforcement agencies, for which they received substantial benefits. In 2022-2025, as part of illegal activities, members of "AudiA6" laundered cryptocurrency worth several hundred million US dollars.

In addition, the criminal group also operated a cybercrime forum called “Dark2Web,” which was used to advertise illegal services and connect cybercriminals worldwide.

The effective fight against transnational crime is of particular importance to the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia, and the agency has good experience in international cooperation in this area.

The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia would like to thank the employees of the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance for the highly professional and successful conduct of the event. It also thanks the representatives of Eurojust and Europol for their assistance within the framework of the aforementioned joint event.

The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia confirms its respect for the representatives of the Secret Service of the United States of America, the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime of the Republic of Poland and the Prosecutor's Office of Lodz and once again expresses its readiness for effective cooperation in the fight against transnational crime, - said Kvitsiani.