UK Authorities
To Seize $
4.3 Million
In Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin From Fugitive
Crime Boss
UK Authorities To Seize $4.3 Million In Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin From Fugitive Crime Boss
by Rubmar Garcia
3 minutes ago
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A UK judge has ordered the seizure of $4.3 million in Bitcoin (BTC• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin) from a
British crime lord known as “Don Car-Leone.” The ruling comes after the
fugitive failed to prove the crypto holdings weren t related to criminal
activities.
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Fugitive Crime Boss Claims Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin Fortune Is Lawful
UK High Court judge Mr. Justice Timothy Mould recently granted the Crown
Prosecution Service (CPS) the right to seize £3.5 million worth of Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin,
around $4.3 million, from convicted crime boss Alexander Surin, also known as
“Don Car-Leone.”
According to The Telegraph’s report , Surin fled to Dubai after being
convicted in France in 2015 for drug trafficking. After his conviction, the
National Crime Agency (NCO) seized his high-end car fleet, money, and several
properties in London.
At the time, he and his wife accepted that the £4.5 million seized assets,
worth around $5.6 million, were acquired with money from criminal activities.
Moreover, Surin, who seemingly earned the nickname from his luxury car fleet,
holds millions in Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin in a Coinbase Kenya account.
However, he claims his Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin holdings were earned lawfully by trading gold
bullion in Dubai. The fugitive argued that the Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin was made through two
sales with a trader operating out of “small rooms in shops or buildings” at
Dubai’s gold souk.
Surin added that the trader allegedly doesn’t have a website or bookkeeping
record to prove the sales, as he conducts his business• Экономика » Бизнес “based on trust and
reputation.”
Judge Orders Seizure Of BTC Holdings
CPS’ representative, Martin Evans KC, told the High Court that “compelling
evidence” suggested the money was made through illicit activity. Evans cited
two large transfers into Surin’s Coinbase Kenya account proceeded from
Christian Hargreaves, who was convicted and sentenced to 17 years for
“conspiracy to supply class A drugs.”
According to the report, The CPS told the court that apart from two fake
invoices, Surin didn’t provide records that explained how he became so wealthy
after having previous assets seized.
Moreover, Evans argued that Surin and Hargreaves being British created the
“sufficient connection to England and Wales” required to launch proceeds of
crime action to seize the Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin sitting in the Coinbase Kenya account.
Through email• Коммуникации » Интернет-коммуникации » Электронная почта, Surin responded to the CPS’s claims, stating there was “no
evidence to show my involvement in any criminality to suggest that the bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin
were the proceeds of crime.”
However, Mr. Justice Mould dismissed his claims and ruled that Surin’s Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin
holdings were laundered money from illegal drug trafficking, granting the CPS
the right to seize the crypto assets:
The evidence advanced by the (CPS), that in each case those transactions were
made by Hargreaves with the knowledge of the defendant with a view to
laundering money derived from illegal drug trafficking, is compelling.
(Surin s) alternative explanation, that each was a legitimate gold
bullion sale to Panache Jewels LLC, lacks any credibility in the face of the
(CPS s) evidence.
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