liam Bitcoin Launderer Extradited rau US Tom qab 5 Xyoo nyob rau hauv kaw

Tus kws tshaj lij bitcoin launderer Alexander Vinnik tau raug xa mus rau Asmeskas, qee tsib xyoos tom qab nws qhov kev foob thawj zaug.

Vinnik, ib tug neeg Lavxias teb sab, yog tus neeg ua haujlwm raug liam ntawm kev pauv pauv cryptocurrency BTC-e. Nws tau tawm hauv tebchaws Greece rau hnub Thursday tom qab raug ntes hauv ntau lub tebchaws.

"Alexander tau raug xa los ntawm Paris mus rau Athens nag hmo thaum yav tav su," nws tus kws lij choj Fab Kis Frédéric Bélot hais rau Blockworks hauv tsab ntawv xa email rau hnub Friday. "Tom qab ntawd nws tau raug xa los ntawm Athens mus rau Boston (rau refuel) thiab nws tuaj txog hauv San Francisco thaum hmo ntuj."

Tus kws lij choj tau hais ntxiv tias nws tseem yuav tiv thaiv Vinnik nrog rau cov kws lij choj Asmeskas. Vinnik ntsib mus txog 55 xyoo hauv Asmeskas tsev loj cuj.

CNN, uas thawj zaug qhia txog kev txhim kho, hais tias Vinnik xav tias yuav tshwm sim hauv tsev hais plaub hauv Northern District of California. Daim ntawv tshaj tawm tsis tau hais txog hnub tshwm sim.

Vinnik yog them nyiaj nyob rau hauv 2017 rau kev khiav hauj lwm ib tug unlicensed nyiaj pab kev lag luam thiab liam laundering nyiaj. Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees tau liam nws ntawm cov npe ntev ntawm kev ua txhaum cai suav nrog kev nyiag tus kheej, ua rau muaj kev lag luam yeeb tshuaj thiab pab txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau ua txhaum cai. 

Nws yog puas tau raug ntes nyob rau tim Nkij teb chaws ntawm US 'thov xyoo ntawd thaum nyob rau hauv tsev neeg so. Teb Chaws Asmeskas, Fabkis thiab Russia tau tawm tsam txog nws txoj kev xa rov qab los txij thaum ntawd los.

Fabkis tau ua tiav xyoo 2020, qhov twg Vinnik tau ntsib tsib xyoos nyob rau hauv tsev lojcuj vim raug iab liam tias yog nyiaj ntxhua khaub ncaws. Tsis ntev los no, US tshaj tawm hu tawm nws tus kheej thov kev xa rov qab. Tab sis nws tus kws lij choj tau tawm tswv yim tias yog kev cuam tshuam kev dag ntxias txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau txhawm rau nws yog qhov yuav tsum tau Vinnik raug ntes.

Vinnik ntseeg hais tias nws tsis yog ib tug bitcoin launderer

Vinnik, ntawm BTC-e, tau hais tias tau tuav qee qhov 530,000 bitcoin (nyob ib ncig ntawm $ 9 lab rov qab los, ze li $ 13 nphom niaj hnub no) raug nyiag los ntawm Mt. Gox, qhov uas nws tau liam tias yog tus thawj coj ntawm lub platform.

Nws hais Russia hnub no xyoo 2017 uas nws tsis xav txog nws tus kheej ua txhaum. Raws li nws, US tsis muaj cai txiav txim rau ib tug pej xeem Lavxias.

Nws tus poj niam hais rau tib lub qhov hluav taws xob nws ntseeg tias Asmeskas yog tom qab nws rau nws "kev txawj ntse,” thiab tsis lees paub tias nws puas tau khiav BTC-e.

BTC-e tau tsim muaj nyob rau hauv 2011 thiab tso cai ua lag luam ntawm US duas, Lavxias teb sab ruble, ib co European txiaj, bitcoin, litecoin thiab ether.

Kev sib pauv, uas tau kaw lub khw hauv 2017 tom qab 21-suav raug foob, tau txais ntau dua $ 4 nphom hauv bitcoin thaum nws ua haujlwm, raws li US Department of Justice. 

Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Phem Txhaum Nyiaj Txiag tau raug nplua $ 110 lab nplua rau BTC-e thiab $ 12 lab nplua rau Vinnik rau lawv lub luag haujlwm hauv kev ua txhaum cai xyoo 2017.

Tau txais cov xov xwm zoo tshaj plaws niaj hnub crypto thiab kev nkag siab xa mus rau koj lub inbox txhua hmo. Sau npe yuav Blockworks' tsab ntawv xov xwm pub dawb tam sim no.