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Ruslan Igorevich Tkachuk

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Summary

Ruslan Igorevich Tkachuk is a 37-year-old Ukrainian national charged by the U.S. Department of Justice in June 2026 as an alleged senior administrator of AudiA6, a cryptocurrency money laundering service that processed approximately $389 million in illicit transactions since 2021. Tkachuk was arrested in Batumi, Georgia on June 10, 2026, as part of a coordinated multinational law enforcement operation involving Europol, Eurojust, the U.S. Secret Service, IRS Criminal Investigation, and authorities from over a dozen countries. He is currently in Georgian custody awaiting extradition to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where he faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted.

Connected Entities

5 entities · 60 linked investigations
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Relationships
  • Ruslan Igorevich Tkachuk→mentioned with→AudiA6(70%)
  • Ruslan Igorevich Tkachuk→mentioned with→Dark2Web(70%)
  • Ruslan Igorevich Tkachuk→mentioned with→Bitcoin(60%)
  • Alexander Vladimirovich Ledenev→mentioned with→Dark2Web(70%)
  • Alexander Vladimirovich Ledenev→mentioned with→AudiA6(80%)
  • Alexander Vladimirovich Ledenev→mentioned with→Bitcoin(65%)
  • AudiA6→mentioned with→Bitcoin(70%)
  • AudiA6→mentioned with→Dark2Web(70%)
  • Dark2Web→mentioned with→AudiA6(70%)
  • AudiA6→mentioned with→Alexander Vladimirovich Ledenev(80%)
  • + 5 more

Connected Through

5 shared actors · 491 investigations

Distinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.

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Timeline(6 events)

2021

AudiA6 cryptocurrency laundering service allegedly launched, with Tkachuk as a co-administrator.

U.S. Secret Service press release

December 2022

U.S. law enforcement begins undercover operation against AudiA6, conducting the first of six covert transactions.

Philadelphia Inquirer

15 September 2025

A third individual, a Ukrainian national, is arrested by Polish Police in a related AudiA6 enforcement action.

Europol press release

May 2026

Final undercover transaction in the AudiA6 investigation conducted by law enforcement agents.

Philadelphia Inquirer

10 June 2026

Tkachuk and co-defendant Alexander Vladimirovich Ledenev arrested in Batumi, Georgia. Coordinated multinational law enforcement operation seizes servers across the U.S., Iceland, Germany, and France; 25 domains taken down; Telegram accounts blocked.

Europol press release

11 June 2026

U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Secret Service publicly announce charges against Tkachuk and Ledenev. DOJ seeks extradition to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

DOJ Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Provenance & Audit Trail

Decision Log

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 event). 7 of 7 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

model: claude-sonnet-4-6

generated: 6/27/2026, 5:06:16 PM

last updated: 7/27/2026, 2:04:36 AM

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