Director of the Department for Combating Unfair Practices of the Central Bank Valery Lyakh said that about 60%
The number of illegal transactions has increased over the past 6 months. This, in particular, was affected by changes in the operations of payment systems.
Lyakh also noted that the problem of cryptocurrency inthe fact that in this area there is no tool for combating money laundering and detecting price manipulation in the trading process. In this regard, cryptocurrencies cannot be considered as a normal investment tool.
“If you are offered to pay in cryptocurrencies,withdraw the cryptocurrency and then withdraw the money, then this is a clear sign that there is a suspicious transaction here, it is worth double-checking, including on the website of the Bank of Russia, ”the expert explained.