Court case
United States v. Alexander Vinnik and BTC-e
United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Docket number
- Not published
- Linked takedowns
- 1
- People named
- 1
Case record
- Court
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Docket number
- Not published
- Status
- Vinnik pleaded guilty 2024-05-03 and was released/returned to Russia in a February 2025 prisoner exchange before sentencing
- Status verified
- August 21, 2026
- Dataset id
- case_us_v_btc_e_vinnik
The status line was checked against the public record on August 21, 2026. Proceedings may have moved since.
What this case entry is.
This entry records a court docket the audit located and checked: the case name, the court, the docket number where one is published, and the status the cited sources establish. It is not a summary of proceedings and it does not stand in for the docket itself.
A case listed here does not establish that anyone named on this page is guilty. Charges are accusations only. Where a cited source records a conviction or a guilty plea, that outcome is attributed to the source and this index asserts nothing beyond it.
Sources for this entry were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 21, 2026.
Takedowns linked to this case
1 takedown record in this index is linked to this case.
- BTC-e disruption . Cryptocurrency laundering, July 2017
People named in this case
1 person in this index is recorded as named in this case.
- Alexander Vinnik . No alias recorded
Sources
3 sources support this entry. Each one is listed with the role it was relied on for.
- BTC-e Operator Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy , Primary source . United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, May 3, 2024 . https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/btc-e-operator-pleads-guilty-money-laundering-conspiracy
- BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange dismantled; operator Alexander Vinnik arrested , Primary source . US DOJ / FBI / IRS-CI, July 26, 2017 . https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/russian-national-and-bitcoin-exchange-charged-21-count-indictment-operating-alleged
- Russian Alexander Vinnik back in Moscow after prisoner swap, RIA news agency says , Supporting source . Reuters, February 13, 2025 . https://www.reuters.com/world/plane-carrying-alexander-vinnik-released-by-us-prisoner-swap-arrives-moscow-2025-02-13/