will there be an update tomorrow?  you said daily updates from 31st august 2017...

but you have stated previously in other updates that users can withdraw 55% coins on day 1?  when is day 1?

will we be able to check our balances today. 

thank you for your answer in advance

Hi everyone,

I used the contact page at FinCEN and have sent them this message.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Recently the US government, the FBI, and FinCEN acted against BTC-e, which led to its closure. To my understanding, the US government and FinCEN were not happy about BTC-e not having any protocols in place to prevent money laundering and also for not following the KYC and AML laws, whilst BTC-e had their servers operating from the United States. Also, there were concerns raised regarding the involvement of Alexander Vinnik with BTC-e. This ultimately led to the shutdown of BTC-e servers on the 25th of July 2017.

My question is what steps the FinCEN, the FBI and the US government are going to take in order to safeguard the innocent people according to the consitutional laws in the United States of America? Like me, many innocent people had their money and other funds on BTC-e, which are now stuck. I am a hard working person and can provide details of all my financial activties, none of which have broken any laws anywhere to my knowledge. I was not even aware that BTC-e servers were based in the United States. To my knowledge, they had an office in UK and also in some other countries.

I need my hard-earned money back. I have also spoken with countless other users who are also innocent and have not done anything wrong.

A statement has been released by BTC-e yesterday online which clearly states that their servers were shut by the FBI. The acting director of FinCEN, Mr Jamal El Hindi, made a statement last week in which he said “We will hold accountable foreign-located money transmitters, including virtual currency exchangers, that do business in the United States when they willfully violate U.S. anti-money laundering laws...” but he failed to mention anything about the steps the FinCEN is taking to return the funds of innocent bystanders. 

We are anxious to hear what safegaurds the US Government, The FBI and FinCEN are going to give to the innocent users whose money is being held hostage during this event. I am therefore requesting that FinCEN directors take this matter into account. I am sure that all the parties can come to some working terms which can be beneficial for the interests of everyone. Of course, in no way any crime should be encouraged, but then prevention of harm to innocent people is not just a responsibility for those is power, but also failure to prevent any such harm to innocents in its own merits is also a crime by all laws. I also want to say that every user that I have spoken with has said that they would want their funds refunded to them. We are all willing to cooperate with any agency as long as we recieve a guarantee from FinCEN, the FBI and the US goverenment that they will act to prevent any such financial harm to the innocent users.

Also, it is a bit sad to see that a pledge has been made by BTC-e and they are willing to take steps to safeguard its innocent users.  BTC-e is the one trying to defend intself in a positive wat.  However, no such statement has been made by FinCEN, the FBI or the US government. We are all waiting quite anxiously to hear from FinCEN and FBI about any announcements related to the above issue.

Regards,




Can we all send them similar messages (please refrain from abusive language etc).  We need to try to solve this issue.  If this does not work, we can then think about other steps and actions.

Hi everyone,

I hope everyone is fine and still hoping for the best.

https://etherscan.io/address/0x8eb3fa7907ad2ef4c7e3ba4b1d2f2aac6f4b5ae6

Interestingly ETH from BTC-e waller were transferred to this address yesterday.  Since then small amounts were added, but of note is the 54.635 ETH from Polo's wallet.  

This is definitely not FBI in that case.  This means BTC-e still has control.

Those of us who are also on the telegram chat already have heard rumors that BTC-e will be coming back around th 6th or 8th of August.  They will be introduing some really harsh withdrawl commissions, but I think it is all understandable given the current circumstances.  From my point of view, the biggest mistake they made was hosting the original site from US based servers.  If they can move it to any country where USA/FBI does not have any jurisdiction, then perhaps things can turn out in a positive manner.

I hope we all can get back our favorite exchange.... and also our money...

Wish everyone all the best.

Kind regards,


doctorkesh    

BTC-e still has our money.... they can easily contact every client via email and send their funds directly to the wallet addresses.  They have this choice.

Or may be we can just hire a law firm together and get our money back.

https://www.coindesk.com/8-2-million-court-orders-default-judgment-cryptsy-ceo/


xBTCe and Exmo are still operational.  They are owned by BTC-e owners.

Please also leave as many replies as you can under the comments secion there

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/111767-2/

We really need to consider a class action against both BTC-e and the FBI as none of them are safeguarding us....

Mark Karpeles.................... double goxxed us.....


https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/111767-2/

I have absolutely no idea what is going on.  Can you please guide me.  what am i supposed to look at on shadowserver.org?  Thanks

Are the owners of BTC-e.com from UK??

https://www.whois.com/whois/btc-e.com

Domain Information
Domain:
btc-e.com
Registrar:
Instra Corporation Pty, Ltd.
Registration Date:
2011-06-17
Expiration Date:
2024-06-17
Updated Date:
2017-07-28
Status:
clientTransferProhibited
serverDeleteProhibited
serverTransferProhibited
serverUpdateProhibited
Name Servers:
74-208-15-160.sinkhole.shadowserver.org
Registrant Contact
Name:
C/O Private Ranger Limited
Organization:
Registrant of btc-e.com
Street:
Level 31 Vero Centre, 48 Shortland Street
City:
Auckland
State:
Auckland District
Postal Code:
1010
Country:
NZ
Phone:
+64.98011234
Email:
email@privateranger.com



A company called Private Rangers Limited.  Same details are here

https://opencorporates.com/companies/nz/4475698



All the relevant names and UK addresses from last year are here...

2 names - Glenn Eric Hayward and Desliegh Jean Jameson as directors.  

Important documents (which includes addresses) for public viewing uploaded here as well in pdf format.

https://opencorporates.com/companies/nz/4475698

Or am I looking at things wrongly?

I live in UK.  For those living in UK, we should communicate with each other and try to get our money back if BTC-e does not come back online.  They can still change their website/domain name and return from a different country.  They already have an established clientale and also can continue with their business....

Hi,

I hope everyone here is okay.

BTC-e domain has been shut by the US gov.  

Anyone can go to any web anonymization website and just enter btc-e.com.  They will then be taken to the same FBI domain seizure page as shown above.  

http://webanonymizer.org/

http://notsharingmy.info/web-anonymizer/

https://2ip.io/anonim/

Enter btc-e.com - get the result.

NOW about BTC-e.  


BTC-e has two other exchange websites, both of which are unaffected (yet) and they are still making money from it.  xBTC-e and Exmo!  

Anyone can check that very easily.   Just type in btc-e.ru in the address box.  It will take you to exmo.me directly.

On a positive note, BTC-e should defend itself.  I have read the whole warrant word by word.  Most of the arguments used by the prosecutors are useless and can be defended quite easily even by a lay person without the use a lawyers.  The fine is something that can take years to settle if the case goes to court, during which time BTC-e can easily rebuild itself.  Even Polo and other exchanges do not ask for too much personal identification or verification.  They are not following the same AML and KYC laws either.  They basically just need a valid email address.  BTC-e can come back and set a daily limit like Polo on withdrawals.  They can also ask all members to send in their verification documents.  However, with more than a million users, I don't think it will be that easy.  But then they can legitimise their business and follow the AML and KYC laws.  Alternatively, they can just stop doing business with North American customers.

There are still many possibilities.  

Hope is a good thing.  

But then too much hopium can be poisonous.  

I wish everyone all the best.

From the BTC-e trollbox

doctorkesh