Greek Supreme Court Postpones Hearing Of Russia's Vinnik Extradition Appeal To Oct 17
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published September 19, 2018 | 05:25 PM
The Greek Supreme Court postponed to October 17 the consideration of the appeal on the extradition of Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik, arrested in Greece on fraud charges, to France under a European warrant, a Sputnik correspondent reported Wednesday from the court.
ATHENS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th September, 2018) The Greek Supreme Court postponed to October 17 the consideration of the appeal on the extradition of Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik, arrested in Greece on fraud charges, to France under a European warrant, a Sputnik correspondent reported Wednesday from the court.
The hearing was postponed because the court documents were translated too late and given to Vinnik's legal team only earlier in the day. The prosecutor supported the lawyers' request to postpone the process so that Vinnik could review the documents.
Vinnik was detained in Greece in July 2017 at the request of the US authorities on various charges, including laundering $4 billion through the BTC-E bitcoin cryptocurrency exchange, which was allegedly headed by Vinnik.
The exchange has said that the Russian national had never been engaged in its activities. The suspect himself has denied the accusations.
A Greek court ruled in July to satisfy France's request to extradite Vinnik, who was put on the wanted list by Paris in June over money laundering in France. Vinnik is also wanted by Russia and the United States on charges of cyber-fraud. Earlier in September, the Greek Supreme Court ruled to extradite Vinnik to Russia at the second request issued by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office.
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