US court postpones sentencing of Russian Alexander Vinnik in money laundering case until 2025. This is reported by TASSreferring to his lawyer Arkady Bukh.
“The sentence has been postponed to 2025 until we get a definite date from the court,” he said.
According to the defense attorney, this was done because of the “rather complicated process of collecting documents.”
At the beginning of May Vinnik He admitted the crime. As part of an agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office.
Vinnik returned From France to the US in August 2022. He is accused of laundering between $4 billion and $9 billion through the now-defunct online cryptocurrency exchange VTS-e. He was previously convicted of money laundering in France. In Russia, Vinnik is accused of theft and fraud in the field of computer information.
Previously Vinnik it could be A new candidate for a prisoner exchange between the United States and the Russian Federation.