Aleksei Andriunin, a Russian citizen responsible for manipulating cryptocurrency via Platforma Gotbit Market Maker, apparently concluded a contract with prosecutors in the United States.

The founder and general director of Getbit, Andriunin, agreed to lose around $ 23 million in Tether USDT (USDT) and Circle’s USDC (USDC) under the agreement with the Federal Prosecutors Massachusetts, legally informatively LAW360, as reported on March 19.

As part of the allegation, Andriunin will admit to three credits for burdening the conspiracy in order to commit fraud and manipulation on the market, According to to the letter signed by the defendant on March 19.

“The accused understands and agrees that the forfeiture does not meet or affect any fine, pledge, punishment, reimbursement, cost of deprivation of liberty, tax liabilities or any other debt due to the United States,” we read in a letter.

The contract does not bind the US prosecutor general

In a letter to the defendant, an American prosecutor for the Massachusetts district, Leah Foley, emphasized that the $ 23 million agreement applies only to Andriunin and the lawyer.

“This does not bind the United States General Prosecutor or any other federal, state or local organs,” we read in a letter.

In the letter, he also states that the defendant recognizes that the court is not obliged to comply with the calculations of the conviction proposed by the Massachusetts representative.

“The accused cannot withdraw the guilty of the accused if the defendant does not agree with how the court calculates the guidelines or with the judgment imposed by the court,” wrote lawyer Foley.

Andriunin was extracted to the USA in October 2025.

The agreement of the Getbit founder with prosecutors Massachusetts came a few months after Andriunin’s extraording to the USA in October 2024 after the Portuguese authorities arrested.

Since the extradition, Andriunin appeared in the Federal Court in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was ordered to remain detained until further notice.

26 -year -old Andriunin accused with fraud and a conspiracy aimed at committing market manipulation and fraud in a substitute indictment in October 2024.

According to To court documents in Massachusetts Gotbit was a “producer of the cryptographic market”, which organized the “Universal Cryptocurrency Market Manipulation Program”. The platform was registered in Belize and apparently provided an artificial commercial volume for global companies, including in the USA, in 2017-2024.

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In addition to Andriunin, a criminal complaint from the Massachusetts authorities in September 2024. It is also worth other GOTBIT employees, such as marketing director Fedor Kedrov and sales director of Qawi Jalila, both living in Russia.

In a letter to the allegation, the Massachusetts Foley lawyer mentioned that the assets listed in the forfeiture agreement is only controlled by the defendant on behalf of Gotbit, despite these assets belonging to Gotbit.

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