Owner Of Russia's Largest BTC Exchange Arrested – Money May Be Lost
The largest Russian cryptocurrency exchange, BTC-e, froze all transactions soon after the arrest one of its co-owners. BTC-e user funds may be lost.
Yesterday, July 25, Greek police arrested 38-year-old Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik, who turned out to be a co-owner of one of the largest and most popular Bitcoin exchanges in Russia. He was arrested in Thessaloniki, Greece, on a US warrant, on suspicion of laundering $4 Billion via Bitcoin transactions. According to a report by Bits.media, the BTC-e exchange had gone offline sometime Tuesday morning, July 26, and remains unavailable. The first message from the team of BTC-e stating that the exchange is offline due to "unscheduled technical work" appeared on its official Twitter page one hour later.
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Russian National And Bitcoin Exchange Charged In 21-Count Indictment For Operating Alleged International Money Laundering Scheme And Allegedly Laundering Funds From Hack Of Mt. Gox
Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Northern District of California
A correction: he is suspected of laundering $4 billion, not $4 million.
Thank you for spotting. It was just "copy and paste" on my part...
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