Indian authorities arrest alleged Garantex founder for US extradition

[Bitcoin Smith]

Aleksej Bešciokov was reportedly vacationing with his family in the Indian state of Kerala when authorities arrested him.

Officials with India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) announced the arrest of Lithuanian national Aleksej Bešciokov, who was alleged to have operated the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex.

In a March 12 notice, the CBI said police in the Indian state of Kerala had coordinated with national authorities to arrest Bešciokov. The Lithuanian national was reportedly vacationing in India with his family and planning to leave the country.

The arrest of the alleged Garantex founder was based on US charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business and conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Indian authorities arrest alleged Garantex founder for US extradition

This is the second arrest in a matter of months in India, those are people searched by US. So people assuming India is safe heaven to settle after scamming people is changing?

[TheUltraElite]

Not just India, I think there are many countries out there which are less developed and quite often the scenic locations for the criminals to lay low. It is a bad thing because these countries give shelter and the crime news dies down with time and they come back in a different persona.

Just look at how Mallya covered his tracks and went to London. Many lower level goons and criminals have tried escaping laws in such manner.