Leaked documents as part of the FinCEN investigation showed involvement of traditional financial firms including one Mayzus Financial Services and its connection to the Mt Gox cryptocurrency hack and theft, in the global financial corruption reports exposed by BuzzFeed News. FinCEN files contain 36 suspicious activity reports (SARs) on Mayzus Financial Services, which is the...Read More
The Supreme Administrative Court of Greece has suspended a decision to extradite the alleged BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik. The temporary measure has been imposed to allow the review of an appeal against the extradition. The Russian national, accused of laundering billions of dollars through the now defunct cryptocurrency exchange, started a new hunger strike last...Read More
It has been a while since an update on Alexander Vinnik was provided. The alleged operator of money laundering exchange BTC-E will seemingly be extradited after all. This tug-of-war between different jurisdictions has been ongoing for some time now. Bonjour, Alexander Vinnik Vinnik was originally arrested in Greece, yet Russia demanded his extradition. Not too...Read More
