Greece suspends extradition of alleged launderer for Bitcoin ‘stolen’ from Mt Gox

Greece has suspended the extradition of accused Bitcoin laundering mastermind Alexander Vinnik pending an appeal, Reuters reports. The country’s justice minister made the original decision to send Vinnik to France on Friday. This reportedly led Vinnik to a second hunger strike, with his first lasting for 88 days beginning in November 2018. Authorities claim Vinnik, a Russian citizen, operated seminal cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e. They maintain the firm served as a $4 billion Bitcoin laun