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Alleged Russian spy who laundered $4 bln through BTC-e is extradited to France

mlawson71

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Aleksandr Vinnik, the founder of the BTC-e exchange, who is also allegedly connected to Russian military intelligence and is being accused of laundering over 4 billion dollars through the aforementioned exchange, will be extradited to France.

Aleksandr Vinnik was arrested three years ago while visiting Thessaloniki, Greece on vacation. The arrest happened at the request of the United States, where he is accused of laundering billions, including the stolen funds from the hack of Mt. Gox in 2014, which was one of the largest cryptocurrency hacks in history.
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What a shady individual. He is probably connected to other much more powerful people, but I doubt that authorities will ever be able to prove that for certain.
 
On 25 July 2017, suspected BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik was arrested at the behest of the United States Justice Department while vacationing
 

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