Russian Admin accused of laundering Billions in Bitcoins

The Cryptocurrency exchange where Vinnik worked as an Admin was also named in the report as BTC-e. No immediate response from the exchange and it is being reported that the website for this exchange has gone dark. please keep your money safe everyone and do your due diligence even with exchanges. Pic from Pixabay -https://pixabay.com/p-1889372/?no_redirect

In breaking news a Russian businessman has been arrested in northern Greece and is being accused of facilitating the laundering of money from criminal gains. the story being reported on Reuters names  Alexander Vinnik as being the suspect. Vinnik was arrested after police were tipped, in a bizarre twist the arrest warrant was issued by the US Ministry of Justice and the United States are seeking to extradite the Russian National to the US to face prosecution. 

It also being suggest that the money came from many of the Ransomware attacks that have shown a significant increase in the past few years.