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New Zealand freezes assets of Russian cyber criminal Alexander Vinnik

New Zealand police have frozen NZ$140 million (US$90 million) in assets linked to a Russian cyber criminal. Alexander Vinnik allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, he is charged with different hacking crimes in Russia, France, and the United States. The man is charged by the US authorities with fraud and money laundering for more than $4 billion worth amount of Bitcoin (BTC) The funds are likely to reflect the profit gained from the victimisation of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people globally as a result of cybercrime and organised crime, commissioner Andrew Coster said.”]

Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/105099/breaking-news/new-zealand-police-russian-cyber-criminal.html

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