France Also Interested In Greece's Russian Bitcoin Suspect

France has joined the US and Russia in seeking the extradition of a Russian held in Greece for allegedly laundering $4 billion using the bitcoin digital currency, a court source said Wednesday.

Thessaloniki, Greece, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Jun, 2018 ) :France has joined the US and Russia in seeking the extradition of a Russian held in Greece for allegedly laundering $4 billion using the bitcoin digital Currency, a court source said Wednesday.

The French warrant says Alexander Vinnik, who headed bitcoin exchange BTC-e, had defrauded over 100 people in six French cities between 2016 and 2018.

He is sought for extortion, money laundering and crimes committed online, the court source said.

Vinnik has been held in jail since his arrest last July in the northern Greek tourist resort of Halkidiki.

He denies the accusation.

He was indicted by a US court last year on 21 charges ranging from identity theft and facilitatingdrug trafficking to money laundering.