E-Note
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E-Note was an unlicensed online virtual currency exchange and payment-processing service that U.S. and European authorities allege served as a money-laundering conduit for ransomware gangs and account-takeover crews. In December 2025, the FBI, Michigan State Police, the German Federal Criminal Police Office, and the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation seized E-Note's servers, mobile apps, and domains, and prosecutors in the Eastern District of Michigan unsealed an indictment alleging the service moved more than $70 million in illicit proceeds between 2017 and the takedown. A Russian national, Mykhalio Petrovich Chudnovets, was charged with conspiracy to launder monetary instruments; he remains at large and the allegations against him are unproven pending trial.
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Timeline(5 events)
2010
Mykhalio Petrovich Chudnovets allegedly began offering informal, mule-based money-laundering services to cybercriminals, according to the indictment.
Decrypt / CyberScoop reporting on the unsealed indictment2017
Prosecutors allege Chudnovets began formally offering laundering services through the online business E-Note; the $70 million in alleged illicit proceeds is counted from this point.
DecryptSeptember 2025
A federal grand jury indictment against Chudnovets was filed under seal in the Eastern District of Michigan, according to reporting on the later unsealing.
Decrypt17 December 2025
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced the seizure of E-Note's servers, mobile apps, and domains (e-note.com, e-note.ws, jabb.mn), and unsealed the indictment against Chudnovets.
Decrypt18 December 2025
Wider press coverage of the takedown, including The Register and Decrypt, reported details of the operation and indictment.
The RegisterDecision Log
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generated: 10/9/2026, 12:27:04 PM
last updated: 10/9/2026, 12:27:05 PM
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