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  • Alexander Vinnik extradited France money laundering
    Vinnik has been in pre-trial detention in Greece since BTC-e was shuttered in 2017 (Photo: Wikipedia)
    Bitcoin,  Cryptocurrencies

    France charges alleged BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik with money laundering, extortion

    Vinnik has been on a hunger strike to protest his lengthy detention

    January 29, 2020 /

    French officials filed preliminary charges of money laundering and extortion against Alexander Vinnik on Friday. The Russian national was extradited to France on Thursday after spending more than two years in pre-trial detention in Greece.

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    Amy Castor
  • Huobi’s regulator-friendly financial blockchain money laundering
    Huobi's regulator-friendly blockchain hopes to make money Laundering easier (Photo: Pixabay).
    Cryptocurrencies,  Europe,  United States

    US sues BTC-e exchange owner Alexander Vinnik for $100 million

    The FinCEN lawsuit comes in addition to criminal charges alleging money laundering for drugs and cryptocurrency exchange hackers

    July 31, 2019 /

    Alleging violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) filed a civil suit against BTC-e founder Alexander Vinnik on July 25, seeking to recover more than $88 million in customer funds from the exchange and $12 million in from Vinnik personally.

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    Leo Jakobson
  • Mark Karpelès, former CEO of Mt. Gox (via Twitter).
    Mark Karpelès, former CEO of Mt. Gox (via Twitter).
    Asia & Australia,  Bitcoin

    Mt. Gox CEO acquitted on most serious charges, receives suspended sentence on the rest

    Mark Karpelès’ year-long detention and interrogation in Japan was a nightmare; lost 77 pounds

    March 18, 2019 /

    A Japanese court handed Mt. Gox founder Mark Karpelès a suspended sentence for tampering with financial records, but acquitted him of the far more serious charges of embezzlement and breach of trust on March 15.

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    Leo Jakobson
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    Dead trees, living crypto stories (via Pixabay)
    Bitcoin,  Ethereum,  Europe,  Innovators,  Litecoin,  Media,  Ripple

    Must-reads for September 4, 2018: The Mueller Bitcoin connection, un-Lady-like behavior, wasted crypto energy, and more

    Here are the crypto stories you should be watching today

    September 4, 2018 /

    Bitcoin Suspect Could Shed Light on Russian Mueller Targets (Bloomberg) Remember the name Alexander Vinnik? He ran BTC-e, the cryptocurrency exchange that appeared all too willing to launder money for Bond villain-type characters. He was taken down by FinCEN, with the help of the IRS, and now sits in a Greek prison. Some of the bitcoins Vinnik allegedly helped launder belonged to a Russian hacking unit now under investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. See? It’s all connected.   The baroness, the ICO fiasco, and enter Steve Wozniak (Financial Times) Michelle Mone, aka Baroness Mone, of Mayfair in the City of Westminster, OBE, sits in the British House of Lords…

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    Lawrence Lewitinn

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