BTC-e and its founder charged in 21-count indictment over hack of Mt. Gox

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Post by ryanlol » Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 1:25 AM UTC

BTC-e and its founder charged in 21-count indictment over hack of Mt. Gox
justice.gov

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Post by ryanlol » Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 1:53 AM UTC

There's been no mentions of coin seizures anywhere as far as I can tell. Usually you'd see some boasting about that.

Perhaps these guys were actually smart about their cold storage?

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Post by JohnJamesRambo » Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 2:04 AM UTC

ryanlol wrote: post #2

There's been no mentions of coin seizures anywhere as far as I can tell. Usually you'd see some boasting about that. Perhaps these guys were actually smart about their cold storage?

He wasn't too smart, he redeposited some of the coins in Mt. Gox and that's how they identified him!

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Post by gruez » Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 2:17 AM UTC

>Russian National And Bitcoin Exchange

So nothing will happen to the site or its owner, other than maybe they won't be able to transfer out USD.

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Post by ryanlol » Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 2:18 AM UTC

gruez wrote: post #4

>Russian National And Bitcoin Exchange So nothing will happen to the site or its owner, other than maybe they won't be able to transfer out USD.

They've already had the Greek cops go pick up the said Russian National.

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Post by mirimir » Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 2:22 AM UTC

Interesting. Bitcoin stolen from Sheep Marketplace also ended up in a BTC-E account.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SheepMarketplace/comments/1t0ueq/sh...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/09/recoverin...

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Post by wgjordan » Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 2:23 AM UTC

gruez wrote: post #4

>Russian National And Bitcoin Exchange So nothing will happen to the site or its owner, other than maybe they won't be able to transfer out USD.

>So nothing will happen to the site or its owner

"Defendant Alexander Vinnik Was Arrested in Greece to Face Charges in the United States; Bitcoin Exchange Alleged to Have Received Deposits Valued at Over $4 Billion" - article subtitle

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Post by aarongolliver » Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 2:25 AM UTC

The website still says "down for unscheduled maintenance"

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Post by agorabinary » Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 2:51 AM UTC

>The takedown of this large virtual currency exchange

I haven't kept up to date on exchange volume. Was btc-e still a popular exchange (up until this takedown of course)?

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Post by ryanlol » Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 2:56 AM UTC

agorabinary wrote: post #9

>The takedown of this large virtual currency exchange I haven't kept up to date on exchange volume. Was btc-e still a popular exchange (up until this takedown of course)?

https://data.bitcoinity.org/markets/volume/30d?c=e&t=b

BTC-e was still pretty big.