Russian Vinnik pleaded guilty in a money laundering case in the United States

Russian Alexander Vinnik, who is under arrest in the United States on charges of money laundering, made a deal with the prosecutor’s office. About it reported his lawyer Arkady Bukh.

“He pleaded guilty to a limited number of charges,” clarified Buh. The deal was the culmination of years of negotiations with prosecutors, with permission from a judge, he said. The lawyer expects that Vinnik will receive less than ten years in prison.

Bukh noted that the prosecutor’s office charged his client with articles that would have resulted in life imprisonment, but the deal allowed him to reduce the term to a “single digit” number of years. The lawyer hopes that the court will pronounce a verdict in a few months.

In the US, Vinnik is accused of laundering between four and nine billion dollars through a crypto exchange. He was detained in Greece at the request of the United States in July 2017.

In 2020, Vinnik was extradited to France, where he was sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering. Vinnik was also accused of infecting computers and extorting bitcoins for resuming their work. However, this could not be proven in court.

In August 2022, Vinnik was extradited to the United States.