Russian National Extradited to US from Greece in Alleged Crypto Money Laundering Case; French Counsel Seeks Client to be included in Prisoner Swap

The Department of Justice, on behalf of the US Department of Treasury, has succeeded  in bringing Russian national Alexander Vinnik, accused co-owner of crypto exchange BTC-e,  to the United States for criminal proceedings.    BTC-e was an early success and purportedly one of the largest crypto-exchanges in the world, it is claimed that BTC-e received more than $4 billion worth of bitcoin in the six years of operation before being shut down in 2017.