British Teen Sanctioned By Russia After Alleging Crypto Use to Evade Sanctions
Russia sanctioned a British teenager Wednesday for exposing alleged cryptocurrency money laundering operations, marking what appears to be the youngest person ever targeted by Moscow's sanctions regime. Alexander Browder, 17, founder of the Global Cryptocurrency Laundering Database, was named alongside four other British nationals by Russia's Foreign Ministry. The others sanctioned alongside Browder are Washington Post reporter Catherine Belton, Committed to Good Managing Director Alice Mary Laugher, Chelsea Group founder and Chairman Richard Nicholas Westbury, and The i Paper journalist Richard Holmes.