A fugitive crime boss from London once dubbed “Don Car-leone” because of his luxury car fleet is facing the seizure of £3.5 million of Bitcoin held in an African account after a judge was told to reject his claim that the money was made trading gold bullion in Dubai.
Alexander Surin — who has already been made to surrender three Ferraris, a Rolls-Royce and money from the sale of a Bugatti Veyron to the National Crime Agency as the proceeds of crime — opened his cryptocurrency account with a company called Coinbase Kenya.
