New Zealand freezes $90 million connected to accused bitcoin launderer Alexander Vinnik
Alexander Vinnik was extradited to France from Greece following an international standoff.
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Russian cybercrime suspect’s extradition to be decided by Greek government
A Greek court has thrown the fight over Alexander Vinnik's fate into chaos, as both the U.S. and Russia want to prosecute him for an array of…
U.S., Russia fighting to extradite suspected Russian cybercriminal who ran $4 billion bitcoin exchange
The U.S. says Alexander Vinnik ran the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e and engaged in money laundering at the scale of $4 billion.
FinCEN fines BTC-e $110 million for violating anti-money laundering laws
The fine comes in the form of a civil money penalty, the first of its kind for foreign-based virtual currency exchangers.