[The U.S. Department of Justice has seized domain names of crypto exchanges associated with $2.5 billion in illegal transactions] Golden Finance reported that the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday that it had seized domain names associated with three cryptocurrency exchanges that were accused of facilitating illegal transactions worth more than $2.5 billion as part of a coordinated crackdown on Russian money laundering. According to a statement, the Department of Justice worked with the Treasury Department, the Secret Service and international law enforcement partners to announce the indictment of Russian citizen Sergey Ivanov. Ivanov, also known as "Taleon," was accused of operating several money laundering companies that provided services to cyber criminals, including ransomware organizations and dark web drug traffickers.