Polish authorities have arrested the former head of Russian cryptocurrency exchange WEX in the center of Warsaw following an extradition request from the U.S. Department of Justice.
According to local laws, Dmitry V. The man, whose name was only given by Reuters and Polish publication Rzeczpospolita, is suspected of fraud and money laundering while administering WEX, the successor to BTC-e, Russia's largest crypto exchange before its collapse in 2018, 12/6 reported.
"The man is in custody pending the completion of all extradition-related procedures, a Polish police spokesperson told Reuters.
Extradition to the United States could expose Dmitry V. to charges that carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, the spokesperson added.
Russian citizen Dmitry V. He was previously arrested in Poland in 2021-8, but was released by court order after 40 days in custody.
the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the summer of 2022 will be presented to Dmitry V. He also said he was arrested by Interpol at Zagreb airport in Croatia on an extradition request from Kazakhstan.
In 2019, he was arrested by Italian authorities but was soon released after it was found that there was a mistake in his extradition request.
About 445,000 people are missing from WEX, Rzeczpospolita reported.
WEX is a well-known "dark" exchange with virtually no identity verification required, and it was used previously by Mt. It. It has reportedly received funding from a number of high-profile cryptohacks, including crypto exchange 2. Gox.
when WEX was operating, it processed over 100 billion transactions from over 90 million users, including many from the United States.
On May 5, the former head of WEX, then called BTC-e, Alexander Vinnik, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder money between 2011 and 2017.
Vinnik, known as "Mr. #Bitcoin , was arrested while vacationing in Greece in 2017 and extradited to the United States on May 7, 2022.
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