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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 B itcoin exchange BTC-e, to face a charge of money laundering. The man is charged by the US authorities with fraud and money laundering for more than $4 billion worth of Bitcoin resulting from criminal activities. He is also accused to be responsible for the failure of the Japanese bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox in 2014 that occurred after the platform was the victim of a series of cyber heists for a total of $375 million in Bitcoin. The Russian Foreign Ministry criticized the ruling and said the country will look to a response.”]

Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/95455/cyber-crime/alexander-vinnik-extradition-2.html

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