Lawyer Timofey Musatov has died.Numerous user comments onhis Facebook page.
</p>Details are still unknown. From the comments under the publication of Musatov's former partner Denis Goldberg, it follows that the lawyer was killed in an accident.
For the past few years, Musatov has defended the interests of Russian Alexander Vinnik, who is suspected of laundering at least $ 4 billion through the BTC-e bitcoin exchange.
Vinnik is currently under arrest in France. After the extradition from Greece, the lawyers were not able to obtain a house arrest or other relief from law enforcement officials.
Earlier, the owner of the British company Mayzus Financial Services Sergey Mayzus told ForkLog how bitcoins with BTC-e were laundered through Moscow Alfa-Bank.
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