After years of extradition debates, Bitcoin (BTC) launderer Alexander Vinnik has finally been sentenced by a French court.

According to a written report on Mon by Novaya Gazeta, Vinnik has been sentenced to five years in prison for "money laundering as part of an organized criminal grouping and providing false information about the origin of the proceeds" in addition to a fine of 100,000 euro ($121,000).

Co-ordinate to the BBC, the courtroom partially dropped charges related to the ransomware known as Locky. As of publishing fourth dimension, online reports do non specify whether Vinnik's judgement is related to his alleged senior role at now-defunct crypto substitution BTC-eastward.

Vinnik previously denied his interest at BTC-e, reportedly challenge that he was but an employee. He said that his monthly salary at BTC-east amounted to 10,000 euro.

As previously reported, Vinnik is allegedly the mastermind behind an international money-laundering scheme that processed over $four billion worth of capital flows through BTC-eastward.

Colloquially known every bit "Mr. Bitcoin," Vinnik was showtime arrested in Greece in July 2017 for allegedly taking part in the operations of BTC-e. Since the arrest, a number of jurisdictions have sought Vinnik's extradition, including the United States and Russia, where Vinnik is a denizen. Vinnik was extradited to France in 2018 on charges of fraud and coin laundering.

In June, the New Zealand police reportedly recovered $90 million connected to the instance against Vinnik.