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The Estonian government has approved the extradition of Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko, co-founders of defunct Bitcoin mining company HashFlare, to the United States to face charges of criminal activity including cryptocurrency fraud.

This is the second time the northeastern European country's government has agreed to hand over cryptocurrency merchants to the United States, after a court intervened on Nov. 29 to cancel the initial approval, local media reported.
HashFlare Duo charged in $575M Ponzi scheme
Founded in 2015, HashFlare is a Bitcoin mining company that allows clients to lease portions of its mining operations, thereby granting them ownership of all the cryptocurrency generated by their respective portion of the company's computing power.

An Estonian circuit court claims it failed to carry out proper checks before approving the extradition of an alleged cryptocurrency scammer to the United States.
The Estonian Circuit Court has overturned a previous ruling, allowing the extradition to the United States of two Estonian citizens charged with cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering.
The court said the Estonian government failed to consider certain circumstances before agreeing to extradite those involved.
New court ruling cancels extradition approval
Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko, who run a virtual currency mining company called HashFlare, are blocking their appeal for extradition to the United States. The Tallinn Circuit Court declared the extradition invalid because the government had not conducted an investigation or verified conditions at U.S. detention facilities.