It appears to stem from a complete lack of K-Y-C procedures at registration time.
Here is an article with a little bit more on the story
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-in...ndering-2017-7
They are linking him to at least a portion of the funds that went missing for the Mt Gox failureA US jury indicted Alexander Vinnik
RickUS authorities also linked him to the failure of Mt. Gox, a Japan-based bitcoin exchange that collapsed in 2014 after it was hacked and nearly $500 (£380 million) million-worth of the digital currency at then-current prices went missing. Vinnik "obtained" funds from the hack of Mt. Gox and laundered them through BTC-e and Tradehill, another San Francisco-based exchange he owned, they said in the statement.
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PROFRBcom (28 July 2017)