US sued for $ 100 million Russian, laundered $ 4 billion through Bitcoins

The US Public Prosecutor's Office filed a lawsuit in California against a Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik, who is suspected of laundering 4 billions of dollars on a cryptocurrency exchange. The United States and Russia are seeking his extradition from Greece.

In 2017, the federal prosecutor’s office accused him of stealing bitcoins from the BTC cryptocurrency exchange, which allegedly belonged to him, writes Fox News with reference to Bloomberg. Now the US authorities are trying to collect a fine of 100 million dollars from Vinnik and his company.

According to the prosecutor's office, the company Vinnika is registered in Cyprus or the Seychelles, and perhaps there and there. Users from California and other locations used the stock exchange to trade bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies.

Winnick remains behind bars in Greece, his lawyers are trying to protest the US request for extradition. Vinnik defenders back in 2017 said they would not dispute the Russian request.

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Alexander Vinnik himself denied the accusations made by US prosecutors, arguing that he was just a technician, and he served the platform as a charge.

“I have nothing to do with what I am accused of,” he told the judges.

Vinnik told Bloomberg in 2018 that the United States was “kidnapping Russian citizens through third countries.”

The BTC-e exchange has also drawn attention for reports that it handles certain types of cryptocurrencies, which have been traced back to Russian military intelligence officers accused of stealing and leaking Democratic Party emails during the 2016 election. , the agency reported.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• Alexander Vinnik 25 was arrested on July 2017 of the year at the request of the United States while on vacation in the Greek Halkidiki. Winnick arrived in a Greek village on the shores of the Aegean Sea with his wife and children. The US authorities tracked him through a mobile phone. After his arrest, the BTC-E site ceased to exist.
• Jury jury in san francisco california indicted him in money laundering and cryptocurrency frauds. The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia also sent a request for the issuance of Vinnik with a view to issuing to Russia. Winnick does not admit guilt.
• The court of the Greek city of Thessaloniki accepted the US request for extradition Russian Alexander Vinnik, but his defense immediately filed an appeal. At the moment he is still under arrest in Greece. The maximum term of punishment on charges brought in the US against a Russian is 20 years in prison.

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