- A Russian national suspected of laundering ransomware payments in cryptocurrency on behalf of cybercriminals targeting hospitals has been extradited to the U.S. by the Netherlands.
- The co-founder of the coin trading platforms Coyote Crypto and Eggchange was first held at the airport in Mexico City, where he arrived on vacation, and then put on a flight to the Netherlands where he was arrested by Dutch authorities.
- Dubnikov’s extradition follows a similar development in the case of Alexander Vinnik, the alleged operator of the infamous cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e. Vinnik was apprehended in the summer of 2017 in the Greek city of Thessaloniki where he arrived on a summer holiday with his family.
Russian Accused of Laundering Cryptocurrency From Ransomware Attacks Extradited to US
