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US Drops Charges Against BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik
17.2.2025
Alexander Vinnik, the former operator of the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e, has been freed of all charges in the…
Convicted BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik Freed in US-Russia Prisoner Swap
12.2.2025
Alexander Vinnik, a jailed Russian IT specialist and operator of the defunct crypto exchange BTC-e, is set to return to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange that has allowed school teacher and former diplomat Marc Fogel to return to the U.S. Vinnik Avoids 20-Year Prison Sentence Jailed Russian...
BTC-e operator to be released as part of US-Russia prisoner swap: WSJ
12.2.2025
Schoolteacher Marc Fogel returned to the US on Feb. 11 as part of a deal with Russian authorities that will reportedly include the release of Alexander Vinnik
BTC-e operator to be released as part of US-Russia prisoner swap: WSJ
12.2.2025
Schoolteacher Marc Fogel returned to the US on Feb. 11 as part of a deal with Russian authorities that will reportedly include the release of Alexander Vinnik
BTC-e operator to be released as part of US-Russia prisoner swap: WSJ
12.2.2025
Schoolteacher Marc Fogel returned to the US on Feb. 11 as part of a deal with Russian authorities that will reportedly include the release of Alexander Vinnik
BTC-e operator to be released as part of US-Russia prisoner swap: WSJ
12.2.2025
Schoolteacher Marc Fogel returned to the US on Feb. 11 as part of a deal with Russian authorities that will reportedly include the release of Alexander Vinnik
BTC-e operator to be released as part of US-Russia prisoner swap: WSJ
12.2.2025
Schoolteacher Marc Fogel returned to the US on Feb. 11 as part of a deal with Russian authorities that will reportedly include the release of Alexander Vinnik
US to Release Jailed BTC-e Operator Vinnik in Russia Prisoner Swap
12.2.2025
Alexander Vinnik previously pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering
Poland arrests ex-CEO of Russian crypto exchange WEX for US extradition: Report
9.12.2024
The former crypto executive was previously arrested in Poland in 2021 over related matters but was released after 40 days
BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Charges
4.5.2024
According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Alexander Vinnik, a former operator of the BTC-e exchange, has admitted to a conspiracy to launder money. This admission of guilt comes over six years following his arrest in Greece on July 25, 2017. BTC-e’s Vinnik Pleads...
BTC-e founder pleads guilty in $9 billion laundering conspiracy
4.5.2024
A federal district court judge will determine his sentence in accordance with the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors
BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy Charge
4.5.2024
Alexander Vinnick, the Russian national who was one of BTC-e's operators, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for his role with the crypto exchange
DOJ Charges Belarusian National With Money Laundering Conspiracy and Operating Unlicensed Crypto Exchange
4.2.2024
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged the Belarus national Aliaksandr Klimenka with money laundering conspiracy and the operation of an unlicensed money services business. Most of these criminal activities were perpetrated via BTC-e’s servers in the U.S. which were “leased...
Belarusian-Cypriot National Charged by US for Operating Unlicensed Crypto Exchange BTC-e
2.2.2024
Belarusian and Cypriot national has been charged in the US for operating an unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e and money laundering conspiracy, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Aliaksandr Klimenka and Alexander Vinnik, allegedly controlled the digital currency exchange BTC-e...
Man Behind Defunct BTC-e Exchange Once Popular with Criminals Faces U.S. Charges
1.2.2024
One of the men behind BTC-e, a now-defunct crypto exchange once popular with cybercriminals and money launderers, has been arrested and charged in the U.S., the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Thursday
FBI Wanted Co-Founder of Crypto Exchange Wex Sentenced in Russia
24.9.2023
Aleksey Bilyuchenko, co-founder of Wex, the successor of the infamous Russian crypto exchange BTC-e, will spend only a couple of years in prison. The Russian, who is charged in the U.S. with money laundering, has been sentenced in his homeland as the only defendant in a case over the collapse...
US Justice Department charges two men in Mt. Gox Hack
9.6.2023
The Justice Department claims Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner took control of a Mt. Gox server and stole 647,000 Bitcoin from the exchange
Where the Mt. Gox Money Went: New Details in the BTC-e Exchange Case
9.6.2023
Fresh court documents detail how two administrators of the now-defunct BTC-e exchange stole and laundered bitcoin from Mt.Gox, the hacked bitcoin exchange
Two Russians Charged for Infiltrating Mt Gox and Operating Illicit Crypto Exchange, BTC-e
9.6.2023
In a statement issued on Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed that two Russian individuals have been accused of infiltrating a cryptocurrency exchange and running an unlawful exchange. Reportedly, the pair gained unauthorized access to Mt Gox’s servers from 2011 to 2014...
Today in Crypto: Fahrenheit Wins Celsius Acquisition, BTC-e Co-Founder Wants to be Included in a Russia-USA Prisoner Exchange, Bitpanda Joins Hands with Coinbase
25.5.2023
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