The first hearing in the case of Alexander Vinnik

The alleged ex-employee of the BTC-e exchange, Alexander Vinnik, appeared in the Greek court for the first of several hearings to determine the place where he will stand trial.

Arrested by US law enforcers, Vinnik and the company in which he worked, charges were brought against money laundering, computer hacking, fraud and drug trafficking. The Greek court will decide where the judge will hear this case. It is assumed that within six years Vinnik has laundered about 4 billion US dollars through BTC-e.
At the moment, Vinnik's role in the company is not clear. BTC-e denies the connection with Vinnik, who admitted at the time of his arrest that he worked for crypto-birzhu. The US government suggests that Alexander Vinnik acted as an "operator or administrator" of the BTC-e.

Since Vinnik, a citizen of the Russian Federation, he can be tried in his country, in addition he agrees to be extradited to Russia.

Recall that in July this year, the BTC-e was closed, after the seizure by the US authorities.
Despite this, the crypto-exchange platform continued its work, but already under the name of Wex.