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Alexander Vinnik (BTC-e) extradited to U.S.edition.cnn.com/2022/08/04/politics/russian-bitcoin-extradited-us/index.html

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Alexander Vinnik, who is in his early 40s, is accused of operating a cryptocurrency exchange known as BTC-e that allegedly did business with ransomware gangs, drug dealers and identity thieves, according to the Justice Department. He faces charges in the US Northern District Court of California of money laundering and operating an unlicensed money service business in the US, among other charges.

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And an article on CoinDesk on this:

Vinnik is known as an operator of BTC-e, one of the earliest bitcoin (BTC) exchanges, which was linked to the hack of Mt. Gox, the first bitcoin exchange, which never recovered after a theft of 744,408 BTC and had to shut down in 2014.

Vinnik has always denied that he ran BTC-e, claiming he only worked at the exchange.

BTC-e, in turn, was shut down by U.S. authorities in 2017, its servers confiscated and Vinnik arrested in Greece, where he was on a beach with his family. Since then three countries have been competing to extradite Vinnik – the U.S., France and Russia – with all three presenting a different set of allegations.

BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik Has Been Extradited to the US https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/08/05/btc-e-operator-alexander-vinnik-has-been-extradited-to-the-us-report https://archive.ph/iyFlk <-- An archive, which can be easier to read