Sentences with phrase «estonian financial intelligence»

The story dates back to 2014, when Otto de Voogd, a Dutch citizen and the owner of bitcoin trading platform BTC.ee, was insistently asked by Estonian officials (namely the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit of the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board) to provide information on all BTC.ee clients.

The Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit on Friday stopped its investigation of a Bitcoin trader in the Northern Baltic European nation.

Otto de Voogd, the site's operator, told ERR News that he had received e-mails in which the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit requested, under the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act, «copies of IDs of clients, internal measures or procedure of due diligence,» and evidence btc.ee was registered as a trader of currencies.