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| Greek top court paves way for US extradition of Russian bitcoin fraud suspect | Greek top court paves way for US extradition of Russian bitcoin fraud suspect |
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| Greece's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Russian bitcoin fraud suspect Aleksandr Vinnik, paving the way for his extradition to the US. Vinnik had tried to challenge an earlier decision on extradition by a court in Thessaloniki. | |
| Vinnik, 38, is accused by US authorities of laundering $4 billion with the help of the bitcoin trading platform. He denies any wrongdoing. | |
| Greece's top court on Wednesday backed the extradition to the US of Russian national, Aleksandr Vinnik, 38, who is wanted there and had, since October, been challenging a Thessaloniki court decision on a US extradition request. | |
| Russia had also requested Vinnik’s extradition: He is accused of stealing 600,000 rubles ($10,500) from an unidentified entity “using... deception and the internet.” The competing request had earlier been approved by another court ruling, but the final decision on it is to be made by the Greek minister of justice. | |
| Russia criticized the court’s first decision as unjust and illegal, saying that its request “takes precedence [over another country’s] as Vinnik is a citizen of the Russian Federation.” |