US Justice Department Charges Two Russian Nationals With Stealing Thousands of Bitcoin Linked to Mt. Gox
The US Department of Justice unsealed charges against Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner, for allegedly stealing thousands of bitcoin from the Mt.Gox crypto exchange back in 2011 to 2014. Bilyuchen...
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Bilyuchenko, 43, and Verner, 29, were charged on Friday in the Southern District of New York “with conspiring to launder approximately 647,000 bitcoins,” which the department said was the majority of the bitcoins belonging to Mt. Gox’s customers. ...
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