Moscow confirms the arrest of a Russian crypto entrepreneur in Amsterdam, report mentions FBI-

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authorities in the Netherlands have arrested a Russian citizen with a cryptocurrency business, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow confirmed. The man who was involved in the establishment of two crypto exchange platforms was allegedly arrested at the beginning of this month, supposedly at the request of the US criminal prosecution authorities.

Russian founder of Cryptocurrency Exchangers arrested in Holland

Denis Dubnikov, co -founder of the cryptocurrency exchanges Coyote Crypto and Eggchange, was arrested in Amsterdam on November 1st. A report by the crypto news agency forklog cited the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, who confirmed the news that spreads on social media.

The Russian citizen was initially held and brought to an insulating station of the airport in Mexico City. He was then climbed with a flight to the Netherlands, where he was finally arrested by the Dutch authorities, allegedly at the request of the US Federal Office for Investigations (FBI), as the publication explains in detail.

according to a facebook Post published on November 4 by Sergei mendeleev, CEO der Defi-Banking platform, for which, the United States is striving to deliver Dubnikov in connection with a cryptocurrency theft from 2018 to crypto exchange business.

"A few days ago there was an extraordinary situation with the citizen of the Russian Federation Dubnikov Denis Mikhailovich. For a very indistinct reason, he was arrested on arrival at the airport in Mexico and ...

"Friends, I think there is a reason to ask the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a reaction, maybe Maria Sacharova gives her important comment?" Mendelejew noticed. In response to his call on social media, Zakharova confirmed the information about the detention of Dubnikov and added:

Russian diplomats in the Netherlands support a detained Russian citizen, [they] in contact with the local law enforcement authorities regarding the protection of his rights.

Dubnikov was arrested in the context of investigations to combat money laundering against his crypto business

The news of Denis Dubnikov arrives after a Bloomberg report revealed this week that his egg se it was the goal of investigating money laundering in Europe and the USA. In September, the US Ministry of Finance OTC crypto broker Suex, which operates from offices in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

Dubnikov is not the first Russian crypto entrepreneur to be arrested with a US arrest warrant. In summer 2017, the Russian IT specialist Alexander Vinnik was arrested in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, where he came on vacation with his family. American prosecutors claim Vinnik, a suspected operator of the notorious btc-e Exchange, has up to 9 billion US dollar through the now dissolved coin trading platform. He has meanwhile been delivered to France and sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering. In May the French judiciary rejected a request for his delivery to Russia, too would become.

It is assumed that the sanctioned crypto broker Suex has washed digital money in connection with the once largest cryptocurrency exchange on the Russian and regional market. In August, the Polish authorities Dmitry Vasiliev, former CEO of BTC-E successor Wex, at the airport in Warsaw. Vasiliev is sought in Kazakhstan, where he is accused of fraud in connection with the platform and is waiting for a decision on his possible delivery. Poland officially confirms his arrest in September.

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