Alleged Bitcoin laund of laundry after 5 years in prison delivered to the United States

Alleged Bitcoin laund of laundry after 5 years in prison delivered to the United States

The alleged Bitcoin lauter Alexander Vinnik was delivered to the USA about five years after his first indictment.

Vinnik, a Russian citizen, was the alleged operator of the no longer existing cryptocurrency exchange BTC-E. He left Greece on Thursday after he had been arrested in several countries.

"Alexander was transferred from Paris to Athens yesterday afternoon," said his French lawyer Frédéric Bélot Blockworks in a statement sent by email on Friday. "Then he was moved from Athens to Boston (to refuel) and arrived in San Francisco on the night."

The lawyer added that he would continue to defend Vinnik together with an American lawyer. Vinnik threatens up to 55 years in prison in the USA.

cnn who first reported, vinnik is expected to be in the northern District of California appear. The report did not name any date of publication.

vinnik War calculated in 2017 of an united cash service business and presumed money laundering. The Ministry of Justice accused him of a long list of crimes, including identity theft, enabling drug trafficking and aid for washing yields out of crimes.

he was arrested in Greece this year during one year Family vacation. Since then, the United States, France and Russia have been fighting for its delivery.

France was successful in 2020, where Vinnik threatened five years in prison due to alleged money laundering. In recent times the USA withdrawn. But his lawyer suggested that this was a distraction that aimed to accelerate the process by Greece - where Vinnik was originally arrested.

vinnik is said to have processed some of them via BTC-E 530,000 Bitcoin (then almost 13 billion US dollars) by Mt. Gox acted as administrator of the platform.

he said Russia today that he did not think so. According to him, the United States would have no right to condemn a Russian citizen.

his wife told the same point of sale that the USA was convinced that after him was because of his " Intellectual skills " To have btc-e.

BTC-E was founded in 2011 and enabled the trade between the US dollar, the Russian ruble, some European currencies, Bitcoin, Litecoin and ether.

The stock exchange, which was closed in 2017 after an indictment with 21 indictment points, received Bitcoin worth over $ 4 billion, according to the US Justice Ministry.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network imposed a fine of $ 110 million against BTC-E and a fine of $ 12 million against Vinnik because of their role in violations in 2017.

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