A man has been accused in the US of laundering $4 billion using a bitcoin scheme. He denies the accusations.
Russian cybercriminal Alexander Vinnik was put on a plane to the United States after being extradited to Greece, where he was arrested while on vacation with his family in 2017. This was reported by Ekathimerini.
According to sources, the extradition operation for the 43-year-old man, whose financial transactions earned him the nickname Mr. Bitcoin, is carried out in the strictest confidence and in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court of Greece.
Vinnik is accused in the United States of laundering $4 billion using a bitcoin scheme. He denies the accusations.
Before being extradited to the US, he served time in France for similar offenses but was acquitted of racketeering and criminal organization charges before returning to Greece earlier this week.
Vinnik has struggled with his extradition to the US and has asked to be sent to Russia, where he says he has better expectations for a fair trial.
Earlier, the head of the British Ministry of Internal Affairs approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he faces 175 years in prison.
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