Judge Orders Trial in France for Suspected BTC Launderer Alexander Vinnik
Alexander Vinnik, the Russian national suspect of laundering 300K Bitcoin through crypto exchange BTC-e, may now face trial in France. Judge Orders Trial in France for Suspected BTC Launderer Alexander VinnikNEWS Similarly awaiting charges in the United States and Russia, alleged Bitcoin money launderer Alexander Vinnik could be facing a trial in France first. Rendering to the broadcast agency Agence France-Presse (AFP), a judge in Paris has ordered the accused to stand trial for extortion, criminal association, money laundering, & fraudulently accessing & modifying data in data processing systems. The AFP stated French authorities had accused Vinnik of deceiving more…