Greek top court wants to send Alexander Vinnik to US

Score one for United States. Again.

On Wednesday, the Greek Supreme Court approved the order for Russian national Alexander Vinnik’s extradition to the United States, where he is facing charges for allegedly laundering billions of dollars through digital currency platform BTC-e.

Vinnik was arrested in a beachside village in northern Greece last July on suspicion of laundering more than $4 billion via BTC-e as well as facilitating hacking, fraud, identity theft, tax refund fraud, public corruption and drug trafficking activities during his time in the digital currency market.

The Supreme Court decision was the latest update in the ongoing legal battle between the U.S. government and Russia, which are both seeking Vinnik’s extradition. A lower court initially ordered the 38-year-old to be sent to the United States, but the Russian Foreign Ministry lodged its own extradition request for Vinnik, who also appealed to be sent to his home country.