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"Alexander Vinnik" comes from updated Reuters article (with photo): http://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-russia-arrest-idUSKBN1AB1OP http://www.reuters.com

by r721 9y ago

"Alexander Vinnik" comes from updated Reuters article (with photo): http://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-russia-arrest-idUSKBN1AB1OP http://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-russia-arrest-idUSK...

nannal 9y ago
Worth noting that BTC-e owner's name was Alexander and he was supposedly Russian.
- nannal 9y ago
  https://twitter.com/ReutersTech/status/890232366320553984 https://twitter.com/ReutersTech/status/890232366320553984 It's confirmed
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- 0xbear 9y ago
  Vinnik is an Ukrainian last name. This by itself doesn't mean anything, he could still be Russian, but I wouldn't automatically assume so. Update: never mind, Russian press says he's Russian, a former employee of Skolkovo techno park.