Israeli Extradited to US in Case of Theft of Millions of Dollars in Crypto

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Alexander Blok (Gorbitch) was extradited from Israel to the United States and faces charges of fraud, transporting stolen property and money laundering. According to Arutz Sheva, Blok was arrested at Ben Gurion Airport in May 2025 as he was on his way to Russia, and according to Ynet he was extradited in the early hours of the morning.

According to Arutz Sheva, in August 2022 Blok withdrew the tokens and exchanged and transferred them between digital wallets in order to conceal the source of the funds. According to Ynet, he may serve up to 20 years in prison, and in the same breach hundreds of users copied the same action and together stole about $190 million.