The Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik goes on trial in Paris for having defrauded nearly 200 victims across the world of 135 million euros using ransomware. He is charged by the US authorities with fraud and money laundering for more than $4 billion worth amount of Bitcoin (BTC) resulting from criminal activities, the US prosecutors requested his extradition in July 2017. The man is also accused to be responsible for the failure of the Japanese bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, with the help of an insider.”]
Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/109736/cyber-crime/alexander-vinnik-trial-in-paris.html

