PARIS – A Russian bitcoin expert at the center of a multi-country legal tussle was sentenced in Paris on Monday to five years in prison for money laundering and ordered to pay 100,000 in fines in a case of suspected cryptocurrency fraud.A court acquitted Alexander Vinnik of charges of extortion and association with a criminal enterprise, according to his lawyers.
Vinnik denies wrongdoing, and his lawyers are discussing whether to appeal.Vinnik, 41, is also wanted in the United States and Russia.
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