Schoolteacher Marc Fogel returned to the US on Feb. 11 as part of a deal with Russian authorities that will reportedly include the release of Alexander Vinnik. Alexander Vinnik, the former operator of ...

The United States has released Alexander Vinnik, the Russian co-founder of the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)-e cryptocurrency exchange, as part of a negotiated agreement with Moscow. What Happened: His ...

Alexander Vinnik, one of the operators behind the former BTC-e crypto exchange, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to commit money laundering on Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

The Russian co-founder of a popular bitcoin exchange will be released from U.S. custody Wednesday, a day after a deal between Washington and Moscow freed American Marc Fogel, a U.S. official said.

Aliaksandr Klimenka, a central figure in the dismantled BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange, has been apprehended and indicted by U.S. authorities for his supposed role in several illegal activities. What ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A Russian national pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit money laundering related to his role in operating the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e from 2011 to 2017. According to ...

Detained in Russia since 2021, Marc Fogel landed back in the U.S. on Tuesday. The United States is preparing to return cybercrime kingpin Alexander Vinnik to Russian custody as part of an exchange for ...

A crypto wallet attributed to the BTC-e exchange that's been linked to the 2014 Mt. Gox hack burst into life Wednesday with its largest transaction since August 2017, sending a total of 10,000 bitcoin ...

Alexander Vinnik co-founded BTC-e, a now-shuttered Bitcoin exchange that criminals used to launder funds from ransomware attacks, drug trafficking, and other crimes. Vinnik was arrested in 2017 and ...

May 4 (UPI) --High-profile Russian cryptocurrency player Alexander Vinnick has pleaded guilty to U.S. charges of conspiring to launder more than $9 billion as one of the operators of the BTC-e ...

Alexander Vinnik, the jailed former operator of once mighty bitcoin exchange BTC-e, is being released from U.S. custody as part of a prisoner exchange with Russia. Vinnik, 44, is being swapped with ...