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# United States' Motion to Seal Superseding Indictment, Arrest Warrants and [Proposed] Order — United States of America v. BTC-E, a/k/a Canton Business Corporation, and Alexander Vinnik, Case No. CR 16-00227 SI

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, January 17, 2017. The BTC-e case caption and docket number: United States of America v. BTC-E, a/k/a Canton Business Corporation, and Alexander Vinnik, Case No. CR 16-00227 SI, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division; and that the superseding indictment was filed under seal on 17 January 2017 charging 18 U.S.C. 1960, 1956(h), 1956(a)(1), 1957 and forfeiture under 18 U.S.C. 982(a)(1)..

**Source type:** Court filing

**Published:** January 17, 2017

**Research grade:** P0

**Used in entries:** 0

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

**Published:** January 17, 2017

**Source type:** Court filing

**Research grade:** Source grade P0

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Official publication

**Address:** [https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/4311639/United-States-District-Court-for-the-Northern.pdf](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/4311639/United-States-District-Court-for-the-Northern.pdf)

**What it supports:** The BTC-e case caption and docket number: United States of America v. BTC-E, a/k/a Canton Business Corporation, and Alexander Vinnik, Case No. CR 16-00227 SI, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division; and that the superseding indictment was filed under seal on 17 January 2017 charging 18 U.S.C. 1960, 1956(h), 1956(a)(1), 1957 and forfeiture under 18 U.S.C. 982(a)(1).

**Dataset id:** src\_nsarchive\_us\_v\_btce\_vinnik\_motion\_to\_seal

## Research notes

- Image-only scanned PDF, 28 pages, hosted by the National Security Archive at George Washington University. Text was not machine-extractable; pages were rendered and read visually.
- Pages 1-2 are the motion to seal and proposed order (signed by AUSA William Frentzen; ordered by Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim, dated January 17, 2017); page 3 onward is the sealed SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT itself, filed in open court the 17th day of January 2017.
- Filing stamp reads 2017 JAN 17 P 4:38, Clerk, U.S. District Court, No. Dist. of CA.

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