- GOTBIT founder and CEO Aleksei Andriunin was led to the United States on February 25, the Massachusetts district said.
- The 26 -year -old Russian citizens were arrested in October 2024 for market manipulation and fraud.
Aleksei Andriunin, the founder and CEO GOTBIT, was expelled to the United States and faced allegations of wire fraud and market manipulation.
Massachusetts District US Lawyers’ Office said in a press release on February 26 that Andriunin, a 26 -year -old Russian citizen, manipulated a cryptocurrency company on behalf of a client cryptocurrency company.
He was arrested in Portugal in October 2024, and the federal jury pointed out the front fraud and plot that commits market manipulation and front scam.
The founder of GOTBIT promoted a “code” for laundry transactions.
Specifically, the US Department of Justice argues that Andriunin has performed laundry, and this transaction aims to manipulate the amount on behalf of the encryption company. According to the prosecution, GOTBIT’s customers included the company in the United States.
Crime occurred between 2018 and 2024.
“In an interview in 2019, Andriunin” “Washed” cryptocurrency in order to artificially expand the trading volume to obtain a website that published a website that published a website that published a more information about CoinmarketCap (“trend” cryptocurrencies) and a more than a larger cryptocurrency exchange. I explained how to develop a code that “cleans” with money, and DOJ is Feb.
Andriunin, who was delivered to the United States on February 25, 2025, is in custody that hearings about his case can continue. If he is convicted, he is in jail for up to 20 years of fraud. The plot of market manipulation and wire fraud is sentenced to up to five years in prison and fined.
“Allegations of wire frauds are sentenced to up to 20 years in prison, up to three years of supervision, and a total of $ 250,000 or twice a fine for crime, compensation and confiscation. The conspiracy allegations of market manipulation and wire fraud will be sentenced to up to five years in prison, up to three years of supervision, and a total of $ 250,000 to doubled from crime, compensation and confiscation, ”said USAO of Massachusetts.