A Russian man suspected of being the anonymous mastermind behind one of the world’s oldest crypto-currency exchanges and of laundering at least US$4 billion (NZ$5 billion) has been arrested in Greece.
Police sources identified him as Alexander Vinnik, 38, who was arrested after a tip-off in a small beachside village in northern Greece on a US warrant. Police said the United States would seek to extradite him.
Two sources close to the BTC-e virtual currency exchange, who declined to be identified while the case was open, said Vinnik was a key person behind the platform, which has been offline since reporting “technical problems” late on Tuesday.
“An internationally sought ‘mastermind’ of a crime organisation has been arrested” Greek police said in a statement. “Since 2011 the 38-year-old has been running a criminal organisation which administers one of the most important websites of electronic crime in the world.”
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