PANews reported on June 11 that, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice, prosecutors in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania have charged Ruslan Igorevich Tkachuk and Alexander Vladimirovich Ledenev, residents of Batumi, Georgia, with operating a cryptocurrency money laundering service called AudiA6. They are accused of laundering over 10,333 bitcoins, approximately $390 million, since 2021. The two are charged with conspiracy to launder money and "entrapment" of money. They are currently in Georgian custody, and the U.S. will seek their extradition. In a coordinated multinational operation, law enforcement seized servers and domains, froze related crypto assets, confiscated electronic devices, and replaced the AudiA6 website and its advertising Dark2Web forum page with a law enforcement seizure notice. If convicted, the two could face up to 20 years in prison.