Russia uses a Crypto Assets Money Laundering network to fund the Marsalek spy organization.

According to Mars Finance, the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed that Russian intelligence agencies provided funding to the spy organization of former Wirecard executive Jan Marsalek through a cash-for-Crypto Assets money laundering network. This spy organization consists of six Bulgarian nationals who have been convicted of charges including espionage, surveillance of journalists and political figures, and planning assassination attempts. The UK police stated that this network posed a serious threat before it was dismantled. The UK National Crime Agency had closed two Russian money laundering networks nearly a year ago, which had transferred billions of dollars globally. Investigations revealed that one of these networks had attempted to provide funding for the aforementioned spy organization.