Breaking News: BTC-e Russian Hacker-Mt.GOX-Billions of $$$$$$

followbtcnews (67)in #cryptocurrency • 7 years ago

A Russian national has been arrested in Greece on Wednesday on suspicion of money laundering $BILLIONS$ of criminal funds by switching them into BTC and is a key person behind the BTC-e crypto-currency exchange.

Reference: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-russia-arrest-bitcoin-idUSKBN1AB27W

And now there are late breaking reports this same person may be responsible for the Mt.gox hack back in April of 2014. There was an estimated $460 Million stolen at that time.

Picture of Mt.gox office in Tokyo back in 2014:

More to Come as news breaks