Ian Sofronov (Gotbit — DOJ Fugitive)
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Summary
Ian Sofronov is a Russian national who served as Sales Manager for Gotbit, a cryptocurrency market-making firm. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Northern District of California on wire fraud conspiracy and wire fraud charges as part of the U.S. Department of Justice's "Operation Token Mirrors" investigation into professional crypto wash-trading and market-manipulation services. While Gotbit's founder and two other co-defendants have pleaded guilty and been sentenced, Sofronov has not been arrested or extradited and is described by law enforcement and press reporting as remaining at large.
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Timeline(12 events)
2018
Alleged start of Gotbit's wash-trading market-manipulation services to cryptocurrency clients, per DOJ Massachusetts indictment covering 2018–2024 conduct.
CryptoSlate2024
FBI and IRS undercover agents deploy the fake cryptocurrency token NexFundAI on Ethereum as part of a sting operation targeting market-manipulation-for-hire firms, later dubbed Operation Token Mirrors.
bex.co9 October 2024
Initial DOJ indictment unsealed in the District of Massachusetts against Gotbit founder Aleksei Andriunin and directors Fedor Kedrov and Qawi Jalili for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit market manipulation.
DecryptFebruary 2025
Aleksei Andriunin extradited from Portugal to the United States to face the Massachusetts charges.
Yahoo News20 March 2025
Aleksei Andriunin pleads guilty to two counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit market manipulation and wire fraud, agreeing to forfeit roughly $23 million in stablecoins.
Yahoo News25 March 2025
A federal grand jury in San Francisco (Northern District of California) indicts Ian Sofronov, along with Antoine Tsao and Nemanja Popov, on wire fraud conspiracy and wire fraud charges tied to Gotbit's alleged wash-trading scheme against the FBI's undercover NexFundAI token.
TRM Labs13 June 2025
Aleksei Andriunin sentenced to eight months in prison plus one year of supervised release; Gotbit as a corporate entity sentenced to five years' probation and ordered to cease operations during that period.
The BlockOctober 2025
Multiple co-defendants in the related Vortex and Contrarian/Antier Solutions cases arrested in Singapore.
bex.co30 March 2026
DOJ publicly unseals indictments against ten foreign nationals across four crypto market-making firms (Gotbit, Vortex, and Contrarian/Antier Solutions), revealing Operation Token Mirrors and the NexFundAI sting; Ian Sofronov is named among those charged and remains at large.
TRM Labs / bex.comodel: claude-code-investigator
generated: 9/23/2026, 11:07:58 PM
last updated: 9/24/2026, 8:48:32 AM
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