Greece Extradites Alleged Launderer of $4B in BTC Alexander Vinnik to France

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Published Jan 23, 2020 11:11AM ET

Updated Jan 23, 2020 01:02PM ET

Greece Extradites Alleged Launderer of $4B in BTC Alexander Vinnik to France

Greece’s Council of State ruled for the extradition to France of former operator of now-shuttered crypto exchange BTC-e and Russian national Alexander Vinnik.

English-language local news outlet Greek Reporter reported on the court’s decision on Jan. 23. Yesterday, Russian news agency TASS reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov protested:

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