Arrested Russian, BTC-E Manager?

Today we published a news about the closure of BTC-E. After this news, we wrote an article about the Russian citizen caught in Greece.. Currently, people think that these two events are connected.

One of the administrators of BTC-e, who for a long time did not know exactly how they did their job and did not give much information to its users, may have been caught. .

After laundering $4 Billion over a Bitcoin platform since 2011, the Russian citizen caught in Greece is 38-year-old Alexander Vinnik appeared. Although this name does not mean anything by itself, when combined with BTC-e, the color changes.. Because one of the administrators of the BTC-e site was known as Alexander.

On top of this, BTC-e still hasn’t given any proper information to its users.. The exchange’s last tweet was 20 hours ago and said that the problem was “due to an unscheduled maintenance.” Since then the site is still inaccessible. Only the most recent tweets from their Twitter accounts appear on the site.

BTC-e site had been shut down before.. So why did it get such a big reaction this time? Because some reports that emerged tonight say that some cryptocurrencies linked to BTC-e wallets are disappearing.

One of the BTC-e representatives was asked to comment on the subject via Skype, but the representative did not respond to this request.

According to reports, Alexander Vinnik was detained for crimes such as money laundering, conspiracy and illegally obtaining cash.. Based on an arrest warrant issued in the State of California earlier this year, US authorities are seeking to extradite him.. There is no document published in the media regarding this situation yet.

Financial news site Reuters Business, citing anonymous sources, says that Vinnik may be “linked to the BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange”.

This The fact that the arrest took place during the closure of AlphaBay and Hansa, the black market, by the state, complicates the situation.

You can follow the developments regarding this news on the Koin Bulletin.

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