Russian man sent to Police Custody for bitcoin money laundering
Russian national Alexander Vinnik was on Wednesday sent to police custody by a court in a decade-old case of money laundering for alleged criminal funds.
After the arrest in Greece U.S agency told the court in Thessaloniki, that he was not cooperating with the investigators.
“His detention is not yet finalized, and for now he is simply under arrest.”
$4 billion in cash had been laundered through a bitcoin platform (BTC-e crypto-currency exchange) since 2011; the platform had 7 million bitcoins deposited, and 5.5 million bitcoins in withdrawals within 6 years duration. in which the US Special Cell had arrested Alexander Vinnik (38), an alleged bitcoin dealer.
According to the police Alexander had claimed that he had given $4 Billion dollars in Bitcoin money laundering scheme arrested by police in civil uniform and taken to the court for further interrogation. Jail time is still unannounced for Alexander Vinnik there is no offical statement from moscow Embassy reagrding this incident in Greece.
