Arkady Bukh, a lawyer for former BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik, confirmed that the US had dropped the case against him after his release last week, and that the Northern District Court of California had confirmed that all charges against him would be dropped. "The judge granted our request and the case has been dropped," Mr. Bukh said. "We managed to reach an agreement with the prosecutor's office. At the hearing, the prosecutor's office agreed to drop the charges. Our client now has a clean r...
Alexander Vinnik, one of the operators behind the former BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of conspiracy to launder money, the Department of Justice announced. The Department of Justice said Vinnik was the operator of BTC-e between 2011 and 2017, during which time the exchange handled more than 1 million users and traded more than $9 billion.
美国司法部宣布,前BTC-e加密货币交易所背后的运营商之一Alexander Vinnik于周五承认了共谋洗钱的指控。美国司法部表示,Vinnik在2011年至2017年间是BTC-e的运营商,该交易所在此期间处理了超过100万用户,交易额超过90亿美元。