US trial of alleged BTC-e operator delayed again, until early 2027
By Mike Swift ( October 27, 2026, 20:10 GMT | Insight) -- A federal judge in San Francisco said Tuesday that she has no choice but to delay the trial of man accused of helping to run BTC-e, a criminal money-laundering operation that helped bankroll the first wave of ransomware attacks, yet another time — this time, until February 2027. Aliaksandr Klimenka is accused of controlling BTC-e, a cryptocurrency that laundered more than $9 billion in bitcoin as well as other cryptocurrencies.The trial of a man accusing of helping to bankroll the first generation of ransomware attacks will see his long-delayed federal trial delayed until early 2027 because of delays in resolving pre-trial evidence disputes, a federal judge in California said Tuesday....
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