Leader Suspect In Billion Dollar Laundering Via Crypto Is Seeking Extradition To Russia

Alexander Vinnik, the lead suspect as one of the operators of BTC-e crypto exchange who is allegedly responsible for money laundering, is now seeking extradition to Russia from Greece. As previously reported in our crypto news website, the health of Vinnik is getting worse as we speak.

The Greek publication Kathimerini issued a report saying that Vinnik initially filed an appeal with a court in the city of Piraeus asking to be extradited to his home country or to be released. He has been on a hunger strike for about three months now and people are getting worried about his current health state.

Vinnik’s lawyers claim that his life is in danger. The charges he is facing are reportedly not accurate or even worse-unfounded so the lawyers argue that their client is being held for no reason for a much longer time than the law allows. Vinnik was arrested two years ago while he was on a vacation in Greece.

The US law enforcement agency issued a report:

‘’FinCEN acted in coordination with law enforcement’s seizure of BTC-e and Vinnik’s arrest.  The Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Secret Service, and Homeland Security Investigations conducted the criminal investigation.’’

Since he was arrested, Vinnik pleaded innocence and said that his biggest mistake was working for the BTC exchange platform. He is also believed to be involved in the Mt.Gox stolen funds scheme. The FinCEN report shows that via the BTC-e platform, more than $120 million were laundered and were connected with the now defunct platform.

Vinnik is asking to be extradited to Russia after the Commissioner for Human Rights, Tatyana Nikolayevna Moskalkova asked for help from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet with the goal to take him to Russia. Tatyana claimed that Vinnik lost nearly 30% of his weight and that he needs to be with his wife who is suffering from brain cancer.

In the U.S Vinnik was indicted on 21 counts and in Russia, he is only accused of smaller fraud charges that can be paid for about 10.
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The Greek court in 2017 approved Vinnik’s extradition to Russia but later another court decided to give him extradition to the United States. Later, the Greek Supreme Court ruled that Vinnik should be extradited to France so a clear decision has not been delivered yet.