Alleged BTC-E Admin’s Extradition Hearing Postponed until December

As CCN previously reported, 38-year-old Russian national Alexander Vinnik was arrested in July while vacationing in Greece, in connection with alleged financial crimes committed while operating the now defunct bitcoin exchange BTC-e.

Back in October, a three-judge panel approved a request to extradite him to the U.S. where a grand jury indicted him on 21 counts, including spearheading a $4 billion bitcoin laundering operation, connected with the collapse of Mt. Gox. However, a separate panel of Greek judges considered extraditing him to his native country, Russia, where he is accused of obtaining 667,000 rubles (~$11,500) through fraud. His future was left in turmoil.

Although Greek courts approved both extradition requests, Vinnik is fighting the decision to extradite him to the U.S., as he is a Russian citizen, and isn’t contesting the Russian extradition request, reports suggest.

Recently, according to the Associated Press, Greece’s Supreme Court postponed his extradition hearing for the U.S. request until December, in order to allow two witnesses to attend the proceedings. The new hearing date has been set for December 6.

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