Fully 300,000 of those coins went to BTC-e, another now-defunct crypto exchange. BTC-e was shut down by the FBI in 2017, and the exchange’s alleged operator, Russian national Alexander Vinnik, was arrested in Greece and later extradited to the U.S. to face charges for “computer intrusions and hacking incidents, ransomware scams, identity theft schemes, corrupt public officials and narcotics distribution rings.”
EU Crackdown Uncovers €47M in Digital Piracy Funds as Criminals Flip to Crypto
A Europe-wide enforcement effort has traced greater than EUR 47 million in cryptocurrency flowing by accounts tied to unlawful streaming...
