BTC-e加密货币交易所的俄罗斯运营商承认洗钱罪

A Russian operator of a now-dismantled BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges from 2011 to 2017.

一名俄罗斯BTC-e加密货币交易所的操作员已经承认在2011年至2017年间洗钱罪名。

Alexander Vinnik, 44, was charged in January 2017 and taken into custody in Greece in July 2017. He was subsequently extradited to the U.S. in August 2022. Vinnik and his co-conspirators have been accused of owning and managing BTC-e, which allowed its criminal customers to trade in Bitcoin with high levels of anonymity.

44岁的亚历山大·维尼克（Alexander Vinnik）于2017年1月被起诉，并于2017年7月在希腊被拘留。随后于2022年8月被引渡到美国。维尼克及其共犯被指控拥有和管理BTC-e，该交易所允许其犯罪客户以高度匿名性交易比特币。

BTC-e is said to have facilitated transactions for cybercriminals worldwide, receiving illicit proceeds from numerous computer intrusions and hacking incidents, ransomware scams, identity theft schemes, corrupt public officials, and narcotics distribution rings.

据说BTC-e为全球网络犯罪分子提供了交易便利，从许多计算机入侵和黑客事件、勒索软件诈骗、身份盗窃计划、腐败公职人员以及毒品分销网络中获得非法收益。

The crypto exchange received more than $4 billion worth of bitcoin over the course of its operation, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ). It also processed over $9 billion-worth of transactions and served over one million users worldwide, several of them in the U.S.

根据美国司法部的说法，这家加密货币交易所在其运营过程中收到了价值超过40亿美元的比特币。它还处理了超过90亿美元的交易并为全球超过100万用户提供服务，其中有几位来自美国。

In addition, the entity was not registered as a money services business with the U.S. Department of Treasury despite doing substantial business in the U.S. and did not enforce any anti-money laundering (AML) or Know Your Customer (KYC) guidelines as required by federal law, making it an attractive choice for criminals looking to obscure their ill-gotten funds.

此外，尽管在美国进行大量业务，但该实体未在美国财政部注册为货币服务业务，并未执行任何根据联邦法律要求的反洗钱（AML）或了解您的客户（KYC）指南，使其成为吸引犯罪分子选择的理想之地，以掩盖其非法资金。

Vinnik was previously charged with one count of operation of an unlicensed money service business, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, 17 counts of money laundering, and two counts of engaging in unlawful monetary transactions.

维尼克先前被控一项非牌照货币服务业务经营罪、一项洗钱阴谋罪、17项洗钱罪以及两项从事非法货币交易罪。

"BTC-e was one of the primary ways by which cyber criminals around the world transferred, laundered, and stored the criminal proceeds of their illegal activities," the DoJ said. "Vinnik operated BTC-e with the intent to promote these unlawful activities and was responsible for a loss amount of at least $121 million."

美国司法部表示：“BTC-e是全球网络犯罪分子转移、洗钱和存储其非法活动获利的主要途径之一。维尼克经营BTC-e的目的是促进这些非法活动，负责至少损失1.21亿美元。”

Earlier this February, the U.S. government charged another BTC-e operator, a Belarusian and Cypriot national named Aliaksandr Klimenka for money laundering and operating an unlicensed money services business.

今年2月初，美国政府指控了另一名BTC-e操作员，白俄罗斯和塞浦路斯国籍的阿利亚克山大·克利门卡（Aliaksandr Klimenka）涉嫌洗钱和经营非牌照货币服务业务。

Shortly following Vinnik's arrest in 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced [PDF] it assessed a $110 million civil money penalty against BTC-e for violating AML laws and an additional $12 million penalty against Vinnik.

在2017年维尼克被捕后不久，美国财政部的金融犯罪执行网络（FinCEN）宣布对BTC-e违反反洗钱法的处以1.1亿美元的民事罚款，并对维尼克另外罚款1200万美元。

参考资料

[1]https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/russian-operator-of-btc-e-crypto.html

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