<p><span>The alleged operator of the illicit cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e was extradited yesterday from Greece to the United States to face charges in the Northern District of California.</span></p>
After more than five years of litigation, Alexander Vinnik, the alleged operator of an illicit cryptocurrency exchange used to launder billions of dollars, has been extradited from Greece to San Francisco to stand trial on federal charges.
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Bakersfield ICE critic who alleges retaliation for free speech allowed to sue over detention
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Edith Mata, a Bakersfield College student, speaks to a circle of supporters of Bakersfield activist Jose Bello outside the Philip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco in 2019. Bello was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement two days after performing a poem criticizing immigration policies.Gwendolyn Wu / The Chronicle 2019
An undocumented immigrant activist who was jailed after publicly reading a poem critical of Trump administration policies can sue the government for retaliation, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
Jose Bello, now 23, was brought to the United States by his family from Mexico at age 3 and is now a college student and farmworker in Bakersfield. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him for possible deportation in May 2018. Three months later they released him on $10,000 bond, and immigration courts continue to consider hi