P2P Crypto Risks in 2026 — Full Breakdown & Transcript

[00:02] sitting there, I see a patrol, Here they are heading towards me. I realized that something was wrong. Traffic is one of the cleanest types of traffic in general. He saw what

[00:15] I take Nadichka out immediately, there is no cartoon, I give it to her. Yes, I arrived after a year and a half. Oh, the second room is fun too. A couple of weeks ago, a close friend of mine texted me at 2:00 a.m. with a strange

[00:29] question. I was called in for questioning, what should I do? Before this, all of her accounts were blocked under Law 161. Reason: banal withdrawal of crypto via P2P. She sent a person USDT and in return received rubles directly from a victim of

[00:43] call center scammers. And before the interrogation itself, she asked me: “What can’t even imagine how hard it was for me to answer her, that I decided to make a separate video for this. Anya, this video is for you. What happens if you buy and

[00:57] video is for you. What happens if you buy and sell crypto via P2P in 2026? student and every month he comes to the bank teller to get his scholarship in cash. All his accounts were blocked a year ago under Federal Law 161. In

[01:10] were blocked a year ago under Federal Law 161. In particular, online pranking is completely available to me , but if I receive a scholarship, for example, to my Sberbank account, then I can receive it in cash at a Sberbank branch.

[01:23] freelancer, investing cryptocurrency received from friends. On April 30, 2025, he made a trade on a P2P exchange. A week later, blocked. Moreover, the deal itself seemed safe at first glance. The

[01:36] man had a lot of feedback. The transaction was a one-payment transaction, but I still ended up in a black And here the question arises: what is this black triangle anyway? There is Petya. He

[01:49] works in a black processing center. They convert dirty rubles from casino markets and Kamran call centers into crypto. Today he needs to cash out 100,000 that the call center swindled from a pensioner. If he doesn't give out his details, the

[02:01] authorities will come to him straight away. So Petya goes to P2P, creates an offer with a good accepts the deal. Petya takes his details and sends them to the call center. card of an unsuspecting guy from the exchange, and Petya receives USDT. This diagram

[02:16] is called the black triangle. And as soon as the grandmother files a she transferred the money to, the owner of those details will likely be spending money on legal services so that he can finally start using

[02:30] cashless payments. It is obvious that such blocking under Federal Law 161 definitely brings discomfort to the victim's life. But they simply turned everything upside down. This is just It's clear that even without professional cryptocurrency trading , you could face some

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[03:35] subscription. See you at the Majestic. When I told Andrey's story to my friend from the beginning of the video, remember, yes, she even breathed a sigh of relief. The situation is not that dire. Accounts were blocked and tens of thousands of rubles were spent on lawyers. Well, you

[03:47] can live with cash. And here I had to really upset her, because in this case Andrey is the lucky one. I don't even want to look at it. They just turned everything inside out. It's all simple, well,

[04:00] they also broke a bucket, sued, threw, and, in short, I filed a complaint against them after the trial. And the second room is also fun. These are pallets from under the bed, by the way. That's how simple they turned everything upside down.

[04:14] This guy asked not to be named. He hardly used crypto at all, but in the summer of 2025, he decided to buy USDT, which made it easier for him to pay for things on a business trip. It sounds like a typical everyday story. But then

[04:27] February 2026 arrived. When they came to my house, I opened the door almost immediately. They introduced themselves to me as members of the Investigative Committee. I was asked to enter all [music] phones at once , all mobile devices and, uh,

[04:40] computer equipment along with cards. I was given a search warrant, and it turns out I read it. I saw that just above the order I saw that it was just above the order I saw that it was written about a certain person and that I transferred

[04:54] money to a certain person who is the executor. After the search, they found nothing on me . We went to the investigators and the authorized representatives of the Investigative Committee. That's where I was interrogated about this case. So I said that I don’t know these

[05:07] lightest one, but still a scare. There damage was the apartment being completely smashed [music]. As a result, we see use cards without a dal, and the

[05:19] experience interacting with Amon. It would seem that the situations are not so dire. The blockages will be lifted eventually, and everything can always be explained to the employees. Yes, that's exactly how my friend justified all the guys' stories until she heard the

[05:32] next character's story. I'm getting off the train, my wife is with me, I have a suitcase, I see [laughter] a detachment coming, a

[05:44] , well, some are three people in uniform and another three people in civilian clothes. And right here they are heading towards me, towards my carriage. And at that moment towards me, towards my carriage. And at that moment I realized that something was going wrong. [laughter]

[06:00] reason. Something went wrong is an understatement to describe his situation. I go down, they show me the force in my face. [music] I'm such a criminal investigation officer. I'm like, "Great, guys, what's the problem? Here he is showing

[06:15] the testimony of the victim. Mine, especially my last name, was not there, but it turns out our trader who worked with us was there, they accepted it. I say, "Guys, person." They say, "Well, that's good, he's already in prison." [laughter]

[06:31] don't know these guys." They say: “Well, let’s just have you give your testimony now and then we’ll figure out the story.” I take Nadichka straight to my wife, give her half a million and say: be there now, everything will be fine. I'll be late in the evening, I'll be there now, everything will be

[06:45] year and a half later. As it turned out later, the guys hadn't been working with a black processing center on a regular basis, without even Nikolai received an offer from a regular client. He allegedly

[06:59] sold Chinese cars, so he needed Nikolai even wrote about this format of cooperation in his personal P2P trading. According to law enforcement agencies, the total turnover of

[07:12] dirty rubles in Nikolai's team amounted to almost a billion rubles. As a result, prosecuted under Article 159, Part IV of the Russian Criminal Code - fraud in a minimal evidence, the judge gave the lightest

[07:26] sentence. He spent a year in pretrial detention and 4 months. Some of you might think that this situation is generally not applicable to ordinary P2P in theory, an ordinary guy who withdraws crypto via P2P not billions of rubles,

[07:39] can't face this. It can't, right? I was, let's say, lucky, and [snorts] they

[07:51] speaking, a year, and they gave me a year and a half, and I got a day for a day and a half, and I got out. But I still have a criminal record, and I am guilty of this case, according to the [music] court. anonymous. He didn't have a billion-dollar turnover or a team. He

[08:04] hobby. And in June of 24, he received 750,000 rubles on his card in one transaction and withdrew it from an ATM. It seemed like the money came from call center. I tried to explain it all. They

[08:17] brought me to the department, they showed me a video of an ATM, right in July. I said, "Yes, I'm trying to [music] explain what's going on, what the gist is." I got the impression that when you explain, [music] you know, to a very

[08:29] grown-up old man, "Do n't tell him anything, he's got his own ideas," know, like old women explain: "Yes, yes, yes, you're all scammers, you're all those stolen 750,000 rubles belonged to a former law enforcement officer

[08:42] call center employees. The guy couldn't explain himself to law enforcement. He spent a year in a pretrial detention center. Moreover, according to the hero, during this time he met a lot of guys who found themselves in a similar situation. After all these conversations,

[08:56] I was left with one question, which she asked me The friend from the beginning of the video. All the characters how realistic is it to avoid it? How many clean trades are there on the market? I decided to ask the guys who bring dirt into the market themselves.

[09:09] Yes, those same processors. And what they told me turned my friend's fear into paranoia. To start, I decided to inquire about how much dirt there is on the P2P market, percentage-wise. Well, at the moment, if we take into account the ones that have been

[09:22] duped, then probably 30 percent are clean, leaving 70 percent dirty. clean, leaving 70 percent dirty. Any fiat from gambling, Forex, or scams go anywhere. Think about it, only one in five trades

[09:35] is clean. At least, according to an expert. And now an interesting traffic on the P2P market is illegal? At least, according to another processor, I condemn it. The traffic is quite some of the cleanest

[09:49] traffic in the black market. On it The highest conversion rate, and people hardly complain When buying illegal drugs, a person voluntarily transfers money to the account of the guys from the exchange, and they pay the money through the shop. Consequences only occur if

[10:03] my friend was even more surprised when she learned that you can get a prison sentence without interacting directly with the P2P exchange at all. You have someone who has offended you, you look for their account information, a phone number, say, linked to their bank, and

[10:17] pass these details on to the person who processes the traffic from the processes the traffic from the call center then passes these details on to the call center itself. Let's say [music] a request for 20,000 rubles comes in. These 20,000 rubles

[10:31] request for 20,000 rubles comes in. These 20,000 rubles are transferred to him not by the scammers themselves, but by the aggrieved mothers, and the money ends up in the hands of your offender. Yes, their access to punish offenders. The scheme The next scenario: the customer

[10:44] who then forwards them to the victims directly from the call center, and then the customer simply The operator, who got 20,000-40,000 rubles for free,

[10:56] gets a visit from the authorities a couple of weeks later, freezing their accounts. . In 2026, buying and then selling crypto on a regular P2P market

[11:08] minefield. So how can one interact with crypto at all without getting into trouble? Naturally, there are many such options. Plus, we're waiting for all the bills to be passed that will regulate cryptocurrency circulation in Russia.

[11:21] They promise everything will start on July 1st. But at the moment, I can suggest two options. One is more complicated and riskier. The other is simpler and, one might first option is to exchange crypto directly for cash. Yes, such exchangers

[11:35] method is more suitable for experienced market players. It's important to understand that all these exchangers still remain in a gray area. And yes, dirty money does end up there, too. There's running into scammers or having the police raid the crypto exchange where you're

[11:48] exchanging currency. Keep in mind that legitimate offline exchangers even have KYC, so you definitely shouldn't choose just any old one safer, and it even allows for non-cash transactions. A new bill may come into effect in Russia on July 1st,

[12:01] non-cash transactions. A new bill may come into effect in Russia on July 1st, crypto exchanges. It will only be possible to legally buy or sell crypto through know for sure that this crypto is legal. But we'll have to wait until then.

[12:15] So, I've found a solution that can already be used to legal exchange services from other CIS countries. Let me explain using the example of a service I used: Digit Markets. Digit Markets is a legal entity with a

[12:28] exchange crypto through this service, the transfer comes from their ruble account with So, yes, it's a completely transparent bank transfer that has passed just receive rubles on your card, but non-cash funds from a legal entity. Moreover, this

[12:43] allows you to transparently report your transactions to the tax authorities. It's no secret that the tax authorities have already been monitoring the transaction, and therefore this situation, transparent funds, marked in the banking system as

[12:56] are a big plus. Not only can you easily pay taxes on them, but you also avoid overpayments. By buying and then selling crypto through Markets, all your For example, you deposited 100,000, traded

[13:09] case, you can easily show all transactions and deduct the profit, paying income tax only on it. Cerr Markets is a reliable and legal turbulent times. Moreover, I personally tested it, so the link to

[13:22] it is below in the description. I think many will find it useful, especially considering that on July 1st they promise to introduce criminal liability for illegal crypto exchanges. I recommend not waiting and not taking risks, but instead using normal,

[13:35] legal resources and working without potential risk. Results. My friend finally received an answer, but she's still sorting out her situation. The interrogation is over, but the accounts are still blocked. I hope after watching

[13:47] this video you know a little more than she did after withdrawing understand the consequences of an innocuous transfer of a few buy USDT to pay for a taxi in another city, tomorrow

[14:01] Amona's squad swoops into your home. I think there's no need for further comment . If possible, avoid using you do, only use trusted and reliable contacts. Ideally, slowly start looking at legitimate services like Tsifmarketets

[14:15] or similar licensed ones. My name is Sasha Kharchevnikov. Don't lose me. Bye everyone. Just in case. But I think you've already noticed, my attentive viewers.