Russia uses cryptocurrency money laundering networks to fund the Marsalek spy organization.

According to a Bloomberg report, the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed that Russian intelligence provided funding to the spy ring of former Wirecard executive Jan Marsalek through a cash-to-cryptocurrency money laundering network. The spy ring consisted of six Bulgarian nationals who have been convicted of espionage, spying on journalists and politicians, and plotting assassinations. British police stated that the network posed a serious threat before its dismantling. The NCA shut down two Russian money laundering networks nearly a year ago, which had transferred billions of dollars globally. Investigations revealed that one of these networks attempted to fund the aforementioned spy ring.