Alleged BTC-E Admin’s Extradition Hearing Postponed until December

 

As CCN since reported, 38-year-obsolete Russian national Alexander Vinnik was arrested in July though vacationing in Greece, in connection also alleged financial crimes functioning even though supple the now defunct bitcoin argument BTC-e.

Back in October, a three-get together together surrounded by panel credited a demand to extradite him to the U.S. where a grand panel of judges indicted him not in the disaffect and wide-off off from 21 counts, including spearheading a $4 billion bitcoin laundering operation, merged as soon as the collapse of Mt. Gox. However, a cut off panel of Greek panel of judges considered extraditing him to his original country, Russia, where he is accused of obtaining 667,000 rubles (~$11,500) through fraud. His far afield along was left in turmoil.

Although Greek courts credited both extradition requests, Vinnik is achievement the decision to extradite him to the U.S., as he is a Russian citizen, and isnt contesting the Russian extradition demand, reports portion an opinion.

Recently, according to the Associated Press, Greeces Supreme Court postponed his extradition hearing for the U.S. demand until December, in order to own taking place two witnesses to attend the warfare. The new hearing date has been set for December 6.

One of Vinniks lawyers, Alexandros Lykourezos, was quoted as motto:

    We asked the court to niche the hearing today of the U.S. request for the extradition of Vinnik, in view of that that two unpleasant witnesses can come who couldnt sadly find the maintenance for Athens today. These witnesses will be skillful to testify and proclaim the court receive the vital issues that arise from this battle.

As in the back avowed, regardless of the Supreme Courts decision, the ultimate arbiter of Vinniks fate will be the Greek Minister of Justice, Nikos Paraskevopoulous. Paraskevopoulous has the unilateral authority to sign extradition orders, and its believed the Supreme Court ruling will merely function in his decision.

Vinnik denies the charges gone to him, and maintains that he was a technician hired by the disagreement. In extra interviews, Vinniks wife theorized the U.S. is going after him for his mysterious and capable abilities, even if others understand authorities are just irritating to make an example out of him, just bearing in mind they did subsequent to Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht.

BTC-e, upon the subsidiary hand, was at the period taken furthermore to by authorities, and behind denied he was ever employed by the company. It thenrebranded and relaunched as WEX. Although it successfully relaunched, the quarrel is as well as drawing controversy as some users sworn notice their funds are ashore loose though WEX blames a third-party for the matter. in my oppinion btc-e was left with 1 litecoin that I had, so it is not advisable to save your bitcoin in exchanges.