February 26, 2025
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Gotbit Founder Aleksei Andrunin Extrad to Us On Fraud Charges

The 26-Iear-Eld Russian National Had Been Living in Portugal.”, – WRITE: www.coindesk.com

The 26-Iear-Eld Russian National Had Been Living in Portugal. Feb 26, 2025, 7:30 PM UTC

Gotbit Founder Aleksei Andrunin, A 26-Iear-Old Russia National, Was Extradned To The Us On Tuesday to Face Fraud Charges Stemming from Allegations Manipulate token prices for Paying Client Cryptocurrency Companies, The US Department of Justice Said in a Press Release on Wednesday.

Andrunin Was Arrested in Portugal Last October and Subsequently Indicted by a Boston Grand Jury on Charges of Wire Fraud and Conspratury to Commit Market Manipulation and Wire Wire Maximum Sennce of 25 Years in Prison. The Indictment Also Charged Gotbit ITSELF, As Well As Two of It Directors, Fedor Kedrov and Qawi Jalili, Both ALSO OF RUSSIA.

Between 2018 and 2024, ProseCutors Say That Gotbit Essentally Provides Market Manipulation Services for Hire, Offering Their Token Price-Inflating Services to Co-Variety of City. bassed in the us

Andrunin Was Not Sy About the Nature of Gotbit’s Services – in A 2019 Interview with Coindesk, WHICH IS REFERRENCED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE’S State University, Bluntly Admitted that His Business Was “Not Entirely Ethical.”

Read More: For $ 15k He’ll Fake Your Exchange Volume – You’ll Get On CoinMarketCap

Accorging to Court Documents, Gotbit Received “Tens of Millions of Dollars in Proceeds” from their Fraudument Activity. Andrunin is Acused of “Transferrr[ing] Millions of Dollars of Gotbit’s Proceeds Into His Personal Binance Account. ”

Andrunin Made An Initial Appearance Before A Boston Judge on Tuesday. His next hearing has not yet been screduled.

Cheyenne ligonOn the News Team at Coindesk, Cheyenne Focuses on Crypto Regulation and Crime. Cheyenne is Originally from Houston, Texas. She Studied Political Science at Tulane University in Louisiana. In December 2021, She Graduated from Cuny’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, WHERE SHE FOCUSED ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS REPORTING. She have no signifyant crypto holdings.

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