美国当地时间5月14日，24岁的安东·佩雷尔-布埃诺和28岁的詹姆斯·佩雷尔-布埃诺两人被捕，美国司法部的起诉书指控二人串谋实施电汇欺诈和洗钱。    Russian President Vladimir Putin has underscored that the white-blue-and-red flag of the country “symbolizes our faith in our traditional values that we will never give up.” In an address on the occasion of National Flag Day, celebrated by Russia on August 22, he continued:,"Russia is a strong, independent world power. On the international stage, we are committed to pursuing only such policies that meet the vital interests of our Fatherland.",Putin added that the flag symbolizes faith in values such as “truth and justice, solidarity and mercy, and respect for Russia’s centuries-long uninterrupted history, the achievements and victories of our ancestors that inspire us to care for and defend our Motherland and never permit any foreign hegemony or diktat.”,© Sputnik / Evgeny Odinokov / Go to the photo bankRussian servicemen and the National Guard unfurled a 1,000-square-meter tricolor on National Flag Day near the Victory Museum in Moscow.Russian servicemen and the National Guard unfurled a 1,000-square-meter tricolor on National Flag Day near the Victory Museum in Moscow.© Sputnik / Evgeny Odinokov / Go to the photo bank,He added that starting from September 1, the beginning of the school year, all schools in Russia will begin each week with a ceremony of raising the flag and singing the national anthem.,Russia’s White-Blue-Red Tricolor,The Day of the State Flag was established on the basis of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated August 20, 1994.,On this day in 1991, the Supreme Council of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) adopted a resolution "On the Official Recognition and Use of the National Flag of the RSFSR." The move, just a few months before the official dissolution of the Soviet Union, brought back a design similar to the pre-revolutionary tricolor abolished in 1917.,Alternative View: Could USSR Have Avoided Dissolution, Overcome Crisis?17 August 2015, 13:47 GMT,The Soviet Union’s sickle-and-hammer flag was lowered on the night of December 25, 1991 and the Russian white-blue-red tricolor was raised in its place with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.,© Sputnik / Sergey Kuznecov / Go to the photo bankFlag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (File)Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (File)© Sputnik / Sergey Kuznecov / Go to the photo bank,However, the actual origins of the flag predate the post-Soviet Russian state by centuries.,The white-blue-red flag was hoisted for the very first time on the first Russian man-of-war Orel during the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich (1645-1676). On January 20, 1705, Peter the Great issued a decree ordering all merchant ships to fly the white-blue-red flag.,In the beginning, the white-blue-red flag’s use was limited to vessels. It was the geographical discoveries of Russian navigators that led to the flag being associated with dry land as well.,Until the 19th century, Russian sailors typically erected a memorial cross on shore during such ventures to mark land they were claiming for the country.,Yet when the Russian expedition of 1806 explored the coast of southern Sakhalin, it landed and raised two flags: St. Andrew's flag celebrated the merit of the Navy, the state white-blue-red flag – Russia’s new territorial acquisition. Thus, in 1883, the Russian flag was authorized to be used on dry land.,Officially, the white-blue-red flag was approved as the state flag of Russia only on the eve of the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II in 1896.,The three colors of the flag received an official interpretation, where red meant "sovereignty," blue, the color of the Mother of God - under whose heavenly protection Russia’s land was deemed to be, and white, the color of freedom and independence.。

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起诉书称：“这对兄弟在世界上最负盛名的大学之一学习计算机科学和数学”。麻省理工学院在一封电子邮件中证实，安东于2024年2月获得了计算机科学与工程学士学位，而詹姆斯则在2019年6月获得了数学学士学位，并于2021年6月获得航空航天专业硕士学位。

美国司法部“二号人物”、副总检察长丽莎·莫纳科承认，这对兄弟犯下的案件让她感到震惊，“他们精心策划了几个月，最终实施起来只需要一眨眼的时间”。丽莎表示，他们用非常复杂的尖端技术盗取了价值2500万美元（约合人民币1.8亿元）的以太坊加密货币，这是在美国“史无前例”的新型案件。

具体来说，两人篡改了以太坊区块链的流程和协议，通过欺诈手段获得了访问“未决交易”（即卡在验证流程中的交易）的权限，最终将这些未决交易归到自己的账户。

不过，丽莎表示：“我们破获了这一史无前例的电汇欺诈和洗钱计划。随着加密货币市场的不断发展，我们将继续根除欺诈行为，维护受害者权益，并恢复大众对加密货币市场的信心。”

纽约南区美国联邦检察官达米安·威廉姆斯表示，这起案件的性质不仅在于涉案金额高，更在于嫌疑人利用受教育期间学得的专业技能，“篡改和操纵全球数百万以太坊用户所依赖的协议”，让用户对以太坊智能合约的底层技术的安全性都产生了怀疑。

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此外，在其中一位受害者发现二人的行为后，二人不仅拒绝归还财产，还试图通过不断给“小号”转账，设立空壳公司等手段隐匿资金来源。根据美国法律，这两人最高将面临20年监禁的惩罚。