Crypto-hitmen: Russian cybercrime investigation team reveals contract killers are being paid in Bitcoin

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Russian killers-for-hire are increasingly being paid with cryptocurrency, believing that the relative anonymity granted by digital money and electronic wallets means that they can more easily get away with their crimes.

That’s according to Konstantin Komarda, the head of Russia’s Cybercrime Investigation Department, who told news agency TASS about the challenges involved in identifying who is sending and receiving crypto.

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