Russian money launderer, known as “Mr. Bitcoin”, Alexander Vinnik, was put on an airplane to the United States on Thursday after being extradited by Greece. He was arrested on an US warrant in Halkidiki while on holiday with his family in 2017. Vinnik had sought asylum in the country but …

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 …

Alexander Vinnik, the Russian who was arrested last summer following a US arrest warrant has reportedly submitted an asylum application on Monday. According to local media, the 38-year-old visited the office of the Asylum Service in Thessaloniki earlier today. Vinnik is currently in custody in Diavata awaiting for the crucial …

Bitcoin’s unprecedented rally has boosted the cryptocurrency’s market cap to almost $200 billion. That is more than the annual output of entire economies such as Greece and New Zealand. Views on bitcoin are broadly divided with some investors worried over the bubble nature of the phenomena, while others see it …

Moscow has requested the extradition of a Russian national also wanted in the United States for laundering billions of dollars through a Bitcoin exchange he operated, a judicial source said Tuesday. Alexander Vinnik, who headed BTC-e, an exchange he operated for the Bitcoin crypto-currency, was indicted by a US court …

Greek authorities have arrested a 38-year-old Russian man wanted in the United States on suspicion of masterminding a money laundering operation involving at least $4 billion through  transactions in bitcoins. Police said Wednesday they arrested the Russian man in Chalkidiki, Northern Greece, where he was allegedly spending summer vacations. The …

Have you lost trust to Greek banks? Do you hate the Euro? Do you feel the capital controls restrict your business and private activities?No problem. There are alternatives. The Bitcoins, for example, the web-based digital currency. In order to facilitate business activities free of capital controls and the €uro and …

Τhe expulsion of two Russian diplomats from Greece is unfounded and could seriously damage bilateral relations, the Russian Foreign ministry said on Friday. Moscow’s reaction comes a day after the US State Department said in a statement it supports Greece against “malicious Russian influence.” “It appears that Washington, which openly …

An entrepreneur in Kalamata submitted an extrajudicial statement to his local tax office, saying he would agree to install a POS device in his business only if he earns a share from the bank revenues. The statement was filed just hours before the finance ministry deadline for the mandatory installation …

A team of hackers has allegedly threatened to bring down the electronic systems and websites of Greek banks, unless they pay ransom in Bitcoins. Greek media report on Monday that a group called “Armada Collective” has threatened the Greke banks with a DDoS attack. Sources told the media that the …

In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, interior ministers from EU member states decided today in Brussels to impose stricter and systematic controls at the external borders of the Schengen area also for the citizens of the European Union. The decision seems to be justified with the allegation the organizer …

State debtors will be given a deadline of 30 days to repay their debts or make installment arrangements in order to escape seizure of their homes, cars, assets and bank account deposits. The threatening circular was issued by Secretary of Revenues Haris Theocharis on the third day of the new …