Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights has questioned the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to assist extradite, Alexander Vinnik, the former operator of now-defunct crypto exchange BTC-e, from Greece to Russia. Further, the news was issued by Russian news outlet TASS on March 5, Tuesday.
During the meeting amidst Commissioners Michelle Bachelet and Tatyana Moskalkova on March 5, Tuesday, Moskalkova supposedly stated that Vinnik has been in serious condition because of the hunger strike he commenced in November last year. Moskalkova also specified that Vinnik’s wife is utterly ill and is on the edge of death. Further ombudswoman stated:
“Given the extraordinary humanitarian situation, I would ask for help extraditing him [Vinnik] to Russia so that he could be closer to his family.”
In the course of February end, Moskalkova stated on Michalis Kalogirou, Greek Justice Minister to deliver Vinnik to Russia accompanying his worsening health and the institution of criminal measures against him situated in Russia.
Additionally, he sent letters to Peter Maurer, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Andreas Xanthos the Greek Health Minister, and Andreas Pottakis the Greek Ombudsman, requesting to offer Vinnik with medical support accompanying the hunger strike.
Additionally, Vinnik was detained by Greek police in July 2017 at the appeal of the United States Department of Justice. Also, authorities suspect him of fraud and washing as much as 300,000 Bitcoin (BTC), (worth $4 billion at the time) with the course of six years.
Further, French authorities also blamed Vinnik of “defraud[ing] over 100 people in six French cities between 2016 and 2018.” Not just this, France and Russia have since both sought the offender’s extradition with respect to an additional sequence of deception accusations.
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