Greek Top Court Suspends Decision to Extradite Russian Cybercrime Suspect

Representation of virtual currency bitcoin on a PC motherboard seen in this illustration picture, on Feb. 3, 2018. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters/Illustration).

ATHENS—Greece’s top administrative court has suspended a decision to extradite a Russian man suspected of laundering billions of dollars in digital currency to France until it hears an appeal, his lawyer said on Monday.

Greece’s justice minister decided on Friday to extradite Alexander Vinnik, accused of being the mastermind behind a $4 billion bitcoin laundering ring.