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February 18, 2025

Russian Cybercriminal Alexander Vinnik to be Freed in Exchange for US Teacher Marc Fogel!

Alexander Vinnik, a Russian cybercriminal, is set to be released from U.S. custody as part of a prisoner exchange for American educator Marc Fogel. This development comes after a series of legal proceedings spanning multiple countries since Vinnik's initial arrest in 2017. The 45-year-old Vinnik operated BTC-e, at one point one of the world's largest crypto exchanges.

May 4, 2024

Russian BTC-e Exchange Operator Alexander Vinnik Admits to Money Laundering in Multi-Billion Dollar Crypto Scheme!

Alexander Vinnik, a Russian national, has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering through his operation of the crypto exchange BTC-e, one of the largest of its kind globally, before its shutdown by law enforcement in 2017. From 2011 to 2017, BTC-e facilitated over $9 billion in transactions and attracted over one million users. BTC-e was a preferred platform for cybercriminals to launder money derived from various illegal activities.

February 5, 2024

U.S. Prosecutors Charge Belarussian-Cyprus National Over Money Laundering Via Crypto!

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has unveiled charges against a Belarusian and Cypriot national, Aliaksandr Klimenka, 42, for his involvement in a global money laundering conspiracy and operating BTC-e, an unlicensed digital currency exchange. Klimenka was arrested in Latvia on December and made his initial court appearance in San Francisco. If convicted, Klimenka faces up to 25 years in prison.

September 16, 2023

The U.S. War Against The Russian Crypto Industry!

Before Western sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine invasion began in February 2022, U.S. authorities were cracking down on the Russian crypto scene. Since the beginning of the new sanctions in 2022, the American approach against the Russian crypto scene, which is under general suspicion of money laundering and sanctions violations, has intensified and is bringing charges against Russian crypto schemes and their masterminds.

August 10, 2023

Russian High-Risk Entrepreneur Sergey Mayzus Unwanted Person In Czech Republic!

Russian Sergey Mayzus is a notorious entrepreneur in high-risk payment and online trading. He founded the now CySEC-regulated broker InstaForex in Russia in 2007, which has had many regulatory problems. The UK FCA revoked his Mayzus Financial Services Ltd license as a payment processor in 2018. Mazyos was allegedly involved in Alexander Vinnik's Russian collapsed crypto exchange BTC-e as a payment processor. Mayzus seems to have legal issues in the Czech Republic.

June 11, 2023

Russian Nationals Charged With Hacking And Operating Crypto Exchanges Mt. Cox and BTC-e.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has revealed charges linked to the collapsed crypto exchanges Mt. Gox and BTC-e. Two Russian nationals, Alexey Bilyuchenko (43) and Aleksandr Verner (29), are accused of conspiring to launder approximately 647,000 bitcoins obtained through a Mt. Gox hack. Bilyuchenko is additionally charged with conspiring with Alexander Vinnik to run the laundromat BTC-e between 2011 and 2017.

May 25, 2023

Alleged Russian Crypto Money Launderer Lobbies For Prisoner Swap!

Alexander Vinnik, 43, the Russian co-founder of bitcoin exchange BTC-e, was arrested in Greece in 2017 on U.S. money-laundering charges and later extradited. He is facing U.S. money-laundering charges and allegedly laundered more than $4 billion of criminal proceeds via BTC-e. Vinnik pleaded not guilty and could be included in a prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Russia that could free detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.

August 7, 2022

Embattled Case! Alleged Russian Money Launderer Alexander Vinnik Finally Extradited To The U.S.

It is a complicated international case! In January 2017, U.S. prosecutors indicted the Russian Alexander Vinnik charging him with money laundering, computer hacking, and drug trafficking. Vinnik was the operator of the illicit crypto exchange BTC-e and allegedly laundered more than $4 billion in bitcoin connected o cybercrime, drug trafficking, public corruption, and tax refund fraud schemes. In July 2017, Vinnik was arrested in Greece and was extradited to the United States on 4 August 2022.

January 29, 2019

OCCRP Report On BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik And The Cold Cyber War Between U.S. And Russia

The Russian Alexander VINNIK was indicted by U.S. authorities in July 2017 charging with money laundering, computer hacking, and drug trafficking. VINNIK was the operator..

November 21, 2018

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CALLS FOR CRYPTO-COOPERATION TO FIGHT CRIMINALS

The US Deputy Attorney General Rod ROSENSTEIN has called for international co-operation to fight against cybercrime with cryptocurrencies. Speaking at Interpol’s 87th General Assembly last..

The Unraveling of Rabidi and the Rise of the SoftSwiss Network: Our Updated Forensic Report

A few months ago, FinTelegram released a first forensic report on the bankruptcy of Rabidi N.V., a Curacao-registered online casino operator with hundreds of millions in revenues — and no traceable assets by the time of its collapse in May 2024. That report already raised serious questions about the opaque structures behind Rabidi’s operations and its successor, Liernin Enterprises Ltd.

DeFi Decoded: Smart Contracts – The Code Behind the DeFi Revolution

Smart contracts are the invisible architects of decentralized finance. These self-executing lines of code run everything from token swaps to lending platforms without middlemen. But while they offer autonomy, they also introduce new risks—bugs, exploits, and irreversible mistakes. In this fourth installment of our FinTelegram DeFi Series, we explain what smart contracts are.

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Despite New Crypto Friendlyness: No Settlement Between U.S. CFTC And KuCoin?

A planned settlement between the U.S.CFTC and crypto exchange KuCoin is now in limbo due to a reported policy shift within the CFTC. This change is attributed to the Trump administration’s new approach, which deprioritizes enforcement actions against crypto companies. As a result, a CFTC attorney said that it is "unlikely that such authorization will be granted in the near term" regarding the settlement approval.

SEC’s New Era: Paul Atkins Sworn In—Will Crypto Finally Get the Regulatory Clarity It Deserves?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has entered a new chapter with the swearing-in of Paul S. Atkins as its 34th Chairman, a move widely anticipated to mark a dramatic pivot in how the agency approaches crypto and DeFi regulation. For years, the financial industry—especially the burgeoning digital asset sector—has bristled under the SEC’s “Regulation by Enforcement” strategy.

Crypto Mogul Changpeng Zhao – Fallen, Rich, and Rising Again?

As spring 2025 blooms and Easter’s themes of rebirth fill the air, Changpeng Zhao emerges as one of the most controversial figures of startup mythology: a man who fell spectacularly, paid a price—then rose again, wealthier and louder than ever. Once the almighty architect of Binance, CZ now resides in Dubai with a net worth that Forbes estimates at $63 billion.