🇷🇺 Binance shared a client's data with Russian authorities
Binance provided Russia's Investigative Committee with the transaction history and personal data of Yuri Belenkiy, an IT specialist detained in September 2025 and now awaiting trial in Russia on charges of "terrorism financing." Reuters reports this in an investigation based on law-enforcement documents it reviewed.
According to the documents, Russian authorities requested Belenkiy's transaction history from the exchange. Binance supplied information linking him to the transfers, along with his date of birth, address, phone number and passport number. The response also included copies of his Russian passport and Bulgarian residence permit.
The Investigative Committee accuses Belenkiy of sending over $700 in cryptocurrency between January 2023 and March 2024 to the Ukrainian military and to an organisation banned in Rus...
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Binance provided Russia's Investigative Committee with the transaction history and personal data of Yuri Belenkiy, an IT specialist detained in September 2025 and now awaiting trial in Russia on charges of "terrorism financing." Reuters reports this in an investigation based on law-enforcement documents it reviewed.
According to the documents, Russian authorities requested Belenkiy's transaction history from the exchange. Binance supplied information linking him to the transfers, along with his date of birth, address, phone number and passport number. The response also included copies of his Russian passport and Bulgarian residence permit.
The Investigative Committee accuses Belenkiy of sending over $700 in cryptocurrency between January 2023 and March 2024 to the Ukrainian military and to an organisation banned in Rus...
🔗 Read the full article on Atlas21