Aliaksandr Klimenka, one of the managers of BTC-e, one of the most famous cryptocurrency exchanges, was arrested.
According to the statement made by the US Department of Justice, Klimenska including laundering the proceeds of crime He will be tried for several different crimes.
According to the Ministry’s statement, Klimenka, ransom, identity theft, narcotics gang obtained from various illegal activities such as More than $4 billion in money laundering He mediated. Klimenka was actively working between 2011 and 2017.
Although Klimenka did not receive authorization from the US Treasury Department during this process, he was actively serving in the country and money laundering laws was violating.
According to the Ministry of Justice’s statement, the person currently detained in California will remain there until the court’s decision.
The name was arrested in Latvia last December. maximum prison sentence of up to 25 years faced with.