THELOGICALINDIAN - US law administration agents accept kidnapped crypto administrator Denis Dubnikov in Mexico afore appointment him to the Netherlands area he was arrested his advocate told Russian media Dubnikov is doubtable of money bed-making and faces up to 20 years in bastille if extradited to the United States
FBI Accused of Kidnapping Russian Citizen With Cryptocurrency Business
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has “practically kidnapped” Russian civic Denis Dubnikov in Mexico, after arrested in Amsterdam on Nov. 1, his advocate Arkady Bukh alleged, speaking to Sputnik. The co-founder of crypto trading platforms Coyote Crypto and Eggchange was aboriginal captivated at the airport in Mexico City while on vacation and again boarded a flight to the Netherlands area he was bedfast by Dutch authorities. The aegis advocate explained:
According to Bukh’s description of the events, Dubnikov was expelled from Mexico because the country’s displacement action is not as “ideal” as that of Holland. “They accept bought a ticket, in added words, they accept in actuality kidnapped him and beatific him to the Netherlands because displacement from the Netherlands is in actuality guaranteed,” the advocate abundant further.
The acknowledged adumbrative additionally appear that the Russian aborigine is currently captivated in a Dutch bastille and acclaimed that the aegis expects his displacement to the United States. Denis Dubnikov has been accused of cabal to accomplish money bed-making through wallets operated by his crypto businesses and may face up to 20 years in bastille in the U.S., Arkady Bukh detailed, adding:
Dubnikov’s Arrest Linked to Ryuk Ransomware Group
According to the Sputnik report, Dubnikov’s apprehension is amid the aboriginal arrests in the case adjoin the Ryuk accumulation which is affiliated to ransomware attacks on hospitals in the U.S. Authorities there accept Dubnikov has accustomed hundreds of bags of dollars in bitcoin, a allocation of which was allegedly acquired through Ryuk ransomware strikes.
Denis Dubnikov is not the aboriginal Russian civic with a cryptocurrency business bedfast on appeal by the U.S. In 2017, IT specialist Alexander Vinnik was arrested in Greece during a cruise with his family. American prosecutors affirmation Vinnik, an declared abettor of the abominable BTC-e, has apple-pie up to $9 billion through the now-defunct exchange. He was after extradited to France and sentenced to bristles years in bastille for money laundering. In May, a French cloister rejected an displacement appeal from Moscow.
The account of Dubnikov’s arrest came afterwards a Bloomberg address apparent that his Eggchange is actuality advised for money bed-making in Europe and the United States. The U.S. has been targeting added Russian crypto platforms lately, based on agnate accusations.
In September, the Treasury Administration blacklisted Suex, a Czech-registered crypto agent operating out of offices in Russia and doubtable of processing hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto affairs accompanying to scams, darknet markets, and ransomware actors such as Ryuk. This week, the administration sanctioned Chatex, a crypto barter bot affiliated to Suex, as able-bodied as two added ransomware operators.
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