French Court of Appeals Upholds Alexander Vinnik’s Sentence
A court of appeals in France has upheld the verdict in the case against BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik. His lawyers vowed to continue the legal struggle against Vinnik’s return to Greece in order to avoid a likely extradition to the U.S. Court Confirms Vinnik’s 5-year Sentence for Money Laundering The Court of Appeals of Paris has confirmed the first instance decision in Alexander Vinnik’s trial, Russian media reported. In late 2020, the IT specialist, and alleged cybercriminal, was sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering. Vinnik’s defense team now....
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Vinnik’s lawyers fear Greek authorities will want him to face additional charges after the sentence. A court of appeals in Paris has upheld the five-year prison term in the case against BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik.The court upheld a December 2020 verdict and prison sentence, finding that Vinnik/BTC-e had committed money laundering as part of an organized criminal group, and provided false information about the origin of the proceeds. The Parisian court dismissed several requests from Vinnik's defense team, including asking to examine copies of the evidence provided by the FBI. The....
Lawyers of the alleged $4 billion Bitcoin launderer appeal to the court, arguing that Alexander Vinnik was just an employee at BTC-e. The defense team of Alexander Vinnik, an alleged Bitcoin launderer who was sentenced to a five-year prison term, disagrees with the court’s decision.According to a Dec. 18 report by Russian news agency Kommersant, Vinnik’s attorney Frederic Belot has appealed the French court’s judgement, arguing that the defendant was not involved in any money laundering operations.Citing a Dec. 6 judgement charging Vinnik for “money laundering as part of an organized....
Years after his initial arrest, Vinnik has finally been sentenced. After years of extradition debates, Bitcoin (BTC) launderer Alexander Vinnik has finally been sentenced by a French court.According to a Dec. 7 report by Novaya Gazeta, Vinnik has been sentenced to five years in prison for "money laundering as part of an organized criminal group and providing false information about the origin of the proceeds" in addition to a fine of 100,000 euro ($121,000).According to the BBC, the court partially dropped charges related to the ransomware known as Locky. At publishing time, online reports....
Having served his five-year prison sentence in France, Russian IT and crypto specialist Alexander Vinnik is now facing a return to Greece and possible extradition to the United States. A French cassation court has recently dismissed an appeal filed by his defense against the transfer.
US Extradition Continues to Haunt BTC-e’s Alexander Vinnik
The alleged operator of the infamous BTC-e exchange, Alexander Vinnik, is once again under threat of extradition to the United States. The Russian’s international defense team is still trying to secure his release but the....
Ross Ulbricht has appealed his conviction and life sentence for running the online drug marketplace Silk Road, according to court documents filed Thursday. A jury found Ulbricht guilty in February on all seven counts with which he was charged, such as running a narcotics-trafficking enterprise, money laundering and computer hacking. Ulbricht wrote a letter to Judge Katherine Forrest asking her to "leave a light at the end of the tunnel" in sentencing and to "leave me my old age." She did not. Instead, Ulbricht received the harshest sentence possible, including a 20 year life sentence, one....