A decision on whether to extradite to the United States a Russian national accused of using a bitcoin platform for money laundering will be delivered by the Thessaloniki court of appeals in Greece on Wednesday, October 4, at 9:30 a.m.
The head prosecutor asked that the 38-year-old Russian be extradited to the United States, where he will stand trial on charges of money laundering as much as 4 billion euros.
“There are enough indications” that the man “accepted illegal revenues from multiple incidents of hacking into computers (…) and many cyber criminals used the platform to launder money,” noted judge Evangelos Bakelas. Addressing himself to the judges, he said “there is no reason for the court to block the extradition.”
Meanwhile, the court has received another request for extradition of the same man, this time from Russia. According to local media, it concerns transactions between companies totalling 10,000 euros. The decision for this rests with a judges council.
The man, a computer programmer, has asked that he be extradited to Russia.
If the courts agree to the extraditions, these must be approved by the Greek minister of justice.
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