Russ Medlin has been arrested in Indonesia.
Indonesian authorities labored with the FBI to apprehend Medlin final Sunday. The arrest follows an Interpol purple discover issued final December.
Medlin (proper), a convicted pedophile, has been a fugitive on the run since final December.
Medlin and 4 co-conspirators have been indicted on fees associated to operation of BitClub Community.
US authorities allege BitClub Community was a $722 million greenback Ponzi scheme.
Based on Indonesian studies, Medlin was arrested ‘within the Kebayoran Baru space, South Jakarta’.
Head of Metro Jaya Police Public Relations Commissioner Commissioner Yusri Yunus confirmed the data on the seize of the FBI fugitive .
Nevertheless, Yusri was reluctant to elaborate on the chronology of Medlin’s arrest.
Medlin’s arrest will ultimately set off the unsealing of the unique arrest warrants and indictments. We count on to cowl them later within the week pending formal unsealing of the filings.
Replace seventeenth June 2020 – Particulars of Medlin’s arrest reveal Indonesian authorities picked him up on little one intercourse fees. It was solely after checking his identification that they discovered of the Interpol purple discover.
As per a report by the South China Morning Put up, Medlin was
arrested in Jakarta after three underage ladies informed police he paid them to have intercourse with him.
Medlin had entered Indonesia on a vacationer visa in late 2019. He had $20,000 on him which has been confiscated.
As one of many principals behind BitClub Community, Medlin is believed to have entry to a big sum of property. More than likely stashed cryptocurrency.
US authorities haven’t but requested Medlin’s extradition. We count on they’ll over the approaching weeks.
If convicted in Indonesia, Medlin is going through as much as fifteen years in jail.
Replace tenth July 2020 – An replace on Medlin’s standing within the Indonesia casts doubt on whether or not the US will search extradition.
As revealed within the DOJ’s response to Joby Weeks’ launch enchantment;
Though the Authorities has restricted details about the circumstances of Medlin’s arrest and prosecution, its understanding at current is that Medlin will stay detained in Jakarta pending his prosecution for his sexual offenses towards kids in that nation.
As beforehand acknowledged, Medlin is going through as much as fifteen years in jail in Indonesia. It’s unclear whether or not that sentence would take priority over an extradition request from the US.