THELOGICALINDIAN - The board at the Greek absolute cloister accept been accused of actionable Alexander Vinniks rights The declared Btce abettor has been bedfast in Greece back July aftermost year The audition adjoin his displacement to France has additionally reportedly been postponed
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Rights Violation
Alexander Vinnik, who allegedly operated the above cryptocurrency barter Btc-e, has been bedfast in Greece back July aftermost year. He was accused by the U.S. of bed-making $4-9 billion through the exchange.
His attorney, Zoe Konstantopoulou, told a cloister affair on Monday that the board of the Greek absolute cloister “have aboveboard breached the rights” of the Russian national, Tass wrote. The affair was to address adjoin the cardinal of Vinnik’s displacement to France.
Konstantopoulou was quoted as saying: “You accept abandoned the rights of Alexander Vinnik, who hasn’t accustomed an official adaptation of the French appeal by November 17 … those abstracts haven’t been translated into Russian, they accept no seals and signatures … You alone apply this convenance appear Vinnik because he is a Russian. You wouldn’t do this with any Greek, or EU citizen.”
A Sputnik contributor appear from the cloister on Monday that the audition for the address of Vinnik’s displacement to France has been adjourned until Nov. 29.
The Charges and Extradition Requests
Vinnik was bedfast in Greece on July 25 aftermost year on a accreditation issued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). A admirable board in the Northern District of California accusable Vinnik and Btc-e for operating an actionable money account business, money laundering, and accompanying crimes. “The allegation alleges that Vinnik acquired funds from the drudge of Mt. Gox and apple-pie those funds through assorted online exchanges, including his own Btc-e and a now asleep agenda bill exchange, Tradehill, based in San Francisco, California,” the DOJ wrote.
After Vinnik was detained, Russia approved his extradition. France additionally beatific a agnate appeal in June and Greece is acute bent accuse adjoin him, Tass conveyed. In May, he allegedly confessed to accuse of artifice and money laundering.
Vinnik, however, told the account aperture that he was alone a abstruse able at Btc-e. “I gave some admonition to that platform. That’s not a crime, and the barter itself is not a crime, it is aloof a belvedere for exchanging cryptocurrency,” he claims.
Furthermore, the New York Times appear that Vinnik is accused of operating Btc-e at a time back American prosecutors say “hackers acclimated such funds to accounts the cyberbanking break-in at the Democratic National Committee and added targets.”
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