Vinnik

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2019
Greece to extradite Alexander Vinnik to France to face a charge of money laundering

Greece authorities will extradite to France Russian Alexander Vinnik, who allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, to face a charge of money laundering. Greek justice minister Costas Tsiaras announced the extradition to France of the Russian of Alexander Vinnik, who allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, on suspicion of money laundering. In September 2019, the decision of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2018
Greek authorities approved extradition of Russian hacker Alexander Vinnik to Russia

Greek authorities have approved the extradition of Russian Alexander Vinnik to Russia, Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece overruled previous ones. The Greek authorities have approved the extradition of Russian Alexander Vinnik to Russia, the decision has surprised the media because the man was expected to be extradited in the US or France as previously announces. The decision […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2017
Greek police arrested a man running the BTC-e Bitcoin exchange to launder more than US$4bn worth of the Bitcoin

Greek Police arrested a Russian man and accused him of running the BTC-e Bitcoin exchange to launder more than US$4bn worth of the cryptocurrency. Greek Police have arrested the Russian national Alexander Vinnik (38) and they accuse the man of running the BTC-e Bitcoin exchange to launder more than US$4bn worth of the cryptocurrency. The […]