Russian Held Over Bitcoin Laundering Linked to BTC-e Exchange: Sources

in #bitcoin7 years ago (edited)

 MOSCOW  —  A Russian national arrested in Greece on Wednesday on suspicion of  laundering criminal funds by switching them into bitcoins is a key  person behind the BTC-e crypto-currency exchange, two sources close to  the exchange told Reuters.BTC-e, one of the oldest trading platforms for digital currencies, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Police  sources identified the man as Alexander Vinnik, 38, who was arrested in  northern Greece on a U.S. warrant and is accused of laundering at least  $4 billion.(Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Alexander Winning and Robin Pomeroy) 


https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/07/26/business/26reuters-greece-russia-arrest-bitcoin.html

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Ouch. Wonder what this is really all about. Failed greek economy, surging bitcoin that people are longing for, and of course a russian hunted by the usa, and announced by its propagandist rags. Would like to read that warrant.
Who holds the US accountable for all the money it has laundered?

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