9th Dec 2020
Alexander Vinnik sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by Paris court
Alexander Vinnik, the Russian alleged founder of the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e, has been sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment in France and ordered to pay a €100,000 fine for laundering the proceeds of cybercrime. Mr Vinnik, dubbed “Mr Bitcoin” by the press, was extradited to France from Greece in 2018. Mr Vinnik’s initial arrest by Greek […]
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