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Russian National Vinnik Cannot Be Released on Bail, Jail Document Says

© AFP 2023 / LOUISA GOULIAMAKIAlexander Vinnik (C), who headed BTC-e, an exchange he operated for the cyber currency, is escorted by police after Greece's Supreme Court has ruled on December 13, 2017 in favor of extraditing the Russian suspect to the United States to stand trial for allegedly laundering billions of dollars using the virtual currency bitcoin
Alexander Vinnik (C), who headed BTC-e, an exchange he operated for the cyber currency, is escorted by police after Greece's Supreme Court has ruled on December 13, 2017 in favor of extraditing the Russian suspect to the United States to stand trial for allegedly laundering billions of dollars using the virtual currency bitcoin - Sputnik International, 1920, 09.08.2022
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SAN FRANCISCO (Sputnik) - Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik, who was detained by the US authorities and is being held in a prison in Santa Rita, California, cannot be released on bail, according to a jail document.
"Cannot be released on bail (NO BAIL)," the jail’s inmate locator system said on Monday.
The jail document also said that Vinnik was arrested and booked on August 5.
Earlier on Monday, the Russian Embassy in Washington told Sputnik that diplomats are working on holding a telephone conversation with Vinnik and will provide him with the necessary consular and legal assistance.
Vinnik rejected the charges made by prosecutors in a courtroom, a court representative said.
Vinnik, who was extradited from Greece last week, officially denied allegations of involvement in the laundering of billions of dollars through a cryptocurrency exchange in a San Francisco court.
In the US, Vinnik is accused of creating the BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange, through which, according to the Americans, $4 billion was laundered. If found guilty, the 42-year-old Russian faces 55 years in prison, which is, in fact, life imprisonment.
A Russian man identified as Alexander Vinnik, center, is escorted by police officers to the courthouse at the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 - Sputnik International, 1920, 05.08.2022
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