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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Belarus Issues International Arrest Warrant for Owner of Country's 'Largest Crypto Exchanger' – Exchanges Bitcoin News - Bitcoin News

Law enforcement officials in Minsk are seeking international assistance to locate and detain the man who ran what is said to be the biggest online exchanger for cryptocurrencies in Belarus. The crypto trader has been accused of tax evasion and an investigation against three of his accomplices has estimated the losses for the state at $3.5 million.
Belarusian Operator of Bitok.me Now Wanted Internationally for Tax Offenses
Authorities in Belarus have recently completed a criminal investigation against three residents of the city of Lida, who helped the owner of an illegal crypto exchange platform to dodge taxation. Vladislav Kuchinsky, who managed Bitok.me (formerly Bitok.by) for two years, has been accused of “tax evasion on an especially large scale” and put on an international wanted list.
During that period, Kuchinsky and his “representatives” used the platform to facilitate the purchase and sale of “digital signs (tokens),” the legal term used to define cryptocurrencies under...



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