Defended Alexander Vinnik is seeking bail due to delays in court proceedings. In early August, a Russian IT specialist was extradited to the United States on charges of money laundering via a now-defunct coin trading platform. Appeals for bail after months of US detention
According to Russian media, cryptocurrency entrepreneur Alexander Vinnik has applied for bail over court delays. He has been in U.S. custody for more than a month, but his attorneys noted that the documents required by the court have not been provided by the respective U.S. authorities.
According to information released Friday in the federal court documents database for the Northern District of California, Vinnick’s legal team said the trial was Presented within 60 days.
Alexander Vinnik, after promising to provide evidence in this case, has refused to exercise his right to be released on bail or to a speedy trial because the United States government has failed to meet its obligations. The daily Izvestia said in a report that it believes it should be allowed. Citing the complaint.
The alleged operator of BTC-e was arrested in July 2017 while vacationing in Greece with his family. He was detained under a warrant issued by US authorities accusing him, among other crimes, of laundering between $4 billion and $9 billion through crypto exchanges.
Besides the United States, French judicial authorities also want his extradition, and Greek authorities decided to extradite him to France first in 2019. America. Both French and Greek authorities have ignored extradition requests submitted by Russia.
Vinnik pleaded not guilty when he appeared in San Francisco federal court on August 5. Later that month, Russian media reported that he had been denied bail, citingrecordsposted on the website of his Rita Prison in Santa, California, where he was imprisoned. reported.
In September his French lawyer Frederic Belot urged the Russian government to consider his Vinnik for possible prisoner exchange agreements with the United States, and the maximum sentence for Vinnik’s charges was 55 years, equivalent to life imprisonment. 43 year old Russian. His health has deteriorated after solitary confinement in France and a hunger strike in Greece.
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