Russian laundered billions

The Greek Police (ELAS) said yesterday that it had arrested a 38-year-old Russian man wanted in the United States in connection with a moneylaundering operation involving some 4 billion dollars in bitcoin transactions. The suspect was arrested in Halkidiki, northern Greece, on Tuesday, according to local authorities who cooperated with their US counterparts in the investigation. A statement issued by ELAS noted that the suspect had been running a criminal organization that manages “one of the largest cybercrime websites in the world.”