Συνελήφθη στην Ελλάδα, Ρώσος για ξέπλυμα ...4 δις σε BITCOINS

Alexander Vinnik being led into a Greek court. Greek police described Vinnik as a ‘an internationally sought ‘mastermind’ of a crime organisation’. Photograph: Giannis Papanikos/AP

The Russian “internationally sought ‘mastermind’ of a crime organisation” accused of laundering more than $4bn in bitcoin, including funds obtained from the hack of failed bitcoin exchange Mt Gox, has been arrested in GREECE.
A US jury indicted Alexander Vinnik on Wednesday after his arrest in a small beachside village in northern Greece on Tuesday, following an investigation led by the US justice department along with several other federal agencies and task forces.

Vinnik was described by the justice department as the operator of BTC-e, an exchange used to trade the digital currency bitcoin since 2011, which was allegedly used to launder more than $4bn for people involved in crimes ranging from computer hacking to drug trafficking.

Η συνέχεια της εξαιρετικά ενδιαφέρουσας ιστορίας στον Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/27/russian-criminal-mastermind-4bn-bitcoin-laundering-scheme-arrested-mt-gox-exchange-alexander-vinnik