US Department of Justice: Two Russians Charged in Case of Hacking Crypto Exchange Mt. Gox

6/9/2023, 3:40:13 PM

Highlights: Alexei Bilyuchenko and Alexander Werner are accused of conspiring to launder about 647,000 bitcoins obtained from the Mt. Gox hack in 2011. In May, it was reported that the US authorities charged a Russian citizen who is suspected of illegal money transfers worth more than $ 150 million. Alexander Vinnik was arrested in Greece in the summer of 2017 at the request of the United States. Two years later, he was extradited to Paris, where in December 2020 he was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison.

In the United States, Russians Alexei Bilyuchenko and Alexander Werner were charged with hacking the Mt. Gox cryptocurrency exchange in 2011.

"Bilyuchenko and Werner are accused of conspiring to launder about 647,000 bitcoins obtained from the Mt. Gox hack in 2011. Bilyuchenko was charged separately in the Northern District of California in collusion with Alexander Vinnik to manage the illegal exchange of BTC cryptocurrency from 2011 to 2017, "the website of the US Department of Justice says.

In early May, it was reported that the US authorities charged a Russian citizen who is suspected of illegal money transfers worth more than $ 150 million.

Alexander Vinnik was arrested in Greece in the summer of 2017 at the request of the United States. The US authorities accused him of money laundering through a cryptocurrency exchange. Two years later, the Russian was extradited to Paris, where in December 2020 he was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison. Requests for the extradition of Vinnik were also submitted by the United States and Russia.