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RealKariverson
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July 26, 2017, 01:51:38 PM |
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A 6 year old exchange the leading e-crime site because it favors anonymity? And I thought we got rid of communism  |
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ft73
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July 26, 2017, 01:52:34 PM |
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 ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police arrested a Russian man suspected of running a money laundering operation involving turning $4 billion from illicit business activities into the digital currency bitcoin, they said on Wednesday. Police did not name the 38-year-old, who was arrested in the northern Greek region of Chalkidiki on Monday on a U.S. warrant. He is suspected of heading a criminal organization since 2011 that "owns, operates and manages one of the world's leading e-crime websites", police said in a statement. The Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow said it had no information on the case. Bitcoin was the first digital currency to successfully use cryptography to keep transactions secure and hidden, making traditional financial regulation difficult if not impossible. Reporting by Karolina Tagaris in Athens and Jack Stubbs in Moscow; Editing by Louise Ireland Everything seems to match up unfortunately. Russian - check Ran the site since 2011 - check Exchanging funds into bitcoin - check One of the worlds leading "e-crime" website - check BTC-E went down same day as arrest - check Sad day if true. BTC-E was great. I am pro anonymity and btc-e provided that. It looks like the owner may be paying a hefty price in the end. His name is Alexander Vinnikhttps://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-greece-russia-arrest-suspect-idUKKBN1AB1VT |
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Searing
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July 26, 2017, 01:54:46 PM |
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Well...it looks like it is at a GOX level again of FUD...looks like my btc 'hoard' is gonna go down 1/3 in paper profits probably....and a year to resolve if anything like the past I was thinking on the run up and seg witness I was not seeing a lot of pushback or FUD from the powers that be....well.....that should have been expected..here it be! ride this out for another year I guess of misinformation and FUD on cyypto as this plays out....the press is pleased .....FUD=sales to eyeballs Got to keep bitcoin in its 'niche' can't be having consensus on seg witness and such and shoot to 5k or 10k coin...that would be annoying to those with power/money even if I'm just tongue in cheek on this conspiracy bruhaha..... the timing of this is frigging epic  |
Old Style Legacy Plug & Play BBS System. Get it from www.synchro.net. Updated 1/1/2021. It also works with Windows 10 and likely 11 and allows 16 bit DOS game doors on the same Win 10 Machine in Multi-Node! Five Minute Install! Look it over it uninstalls just as fast, if you simply want to look it over. Freeware! Full BBS System! It is a frigging hoot!:) |
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ft73
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July 26, 2017, 01:59:02 PM |
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Does anybody know anything about this Alexander Vinnik ? Afaik one of the founders of btc-e is named Alexander. maybe coincidence ? Not uncommon name for Russians ... Info obtained from some rather old article: https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/btc-e-trustworthy-or-recipe-for-disaster/After taking a closer look, it seemed we could assume the exchange was based in Cyprus. The terms of use on BTC-e’s website stated the exchange was governed by the laws applicable in Cyprus. However, when looking up the website through Google, the description says BTC-e operates from Bulgaria. Neither could be proven so these discoveries won’t bring any more clarity. The only certainty, as far as certainty about BTC-e goes, would be the involvement of Russia. BTC-e’s helpdesk releases periodic updates, presented in Russian and English. The presence of Russian currency on the website also indicate this. A December interview with CoinDesk, one of the few interviews BTC-e ever did, gave away the names of Aleksey and Alexander. Both are names that are well represented in Russia. |
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July 26, 2017, 02:00:10 PM |
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police arrested a Russian man suspected of running a money laundering operation involving turning $4 billion from illicit business activities into the digital currency bitcoin, they said on Wednesday. Police did not name the 38-year-old, who was arrested in the northern Greek region of Chalkidiki on Monday on a U.S. warrant. He is suspected of heading a criminal organization since 2011 that "owns, operates and manages one of the world's leading e-crime websites", police said in a statement. The Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow said it had no information on the case. Bitcoin was the first digital currency to successfully use cryptography to keep transactions secure and hidden, making traditional financial regulation difficult if not impossible. Reporting by Karolina Tagaris in Athens and Jack Stubbs in Moscow; Editing by Louise Ireland Everything seems to match up unfortunately. Russian - check Ran the site since 2011 - check Exchanging funds into bitcoin - check One of the worlds leading "e-crime" website - check BTC-E went down same day as arrest - check Sad day if true. BTC-E was great. I am pro anonymity and btc-e provided that. It looks like the owner may be paying a hefty price in the end. His name is Alexander Vinnikhttps://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-greece-russia-arrest-suspect-idUKKBN1AB1VTI wonder if he's somehow related to this Vinik: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_VinikJust can't seem to trust the moneychangers anymore. |
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RealKariverson
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July 26, 2017, 02:03:07 PM |
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Does anybody know anything about this Alexander Vinnik ?
Afaik one of the founders of btc-e is named Alexander.
maybe coincidence ? Not uncommon name for Russians ...
Unfortunately the similarities are way too many. This would be one hell of a coincidence... |
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omarabid
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July 26, 2017, 02:03:51 PM |
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anyone has an answer? okpay is running with customers funds so if they are related we are doomed.
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July 26, 2017, 02:05:35 PM |
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Lol the fud is increasing.
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July 26, 2017, 02:09:55 PM |
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Wait for the site to start working again or a statement from law enforcement.
Doing anything else is a waste of energy.
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July 26, 2017, 02:17:26 PM |
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Well...it looks like it is at a GOX level again of FUD...looks like my btc 'hoard' is gonna go down 1/3 in paper profits probably....and a year to resolve if anything like the past Ouch, sorry to hear that. I've always avoided having anything large on there, as they've always seemed shady to me. I don't think the impact will be like Gox as BTC-e is a much smaller component of the whole market, but we'll see. |
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July 26, 2017, 02:19:58 PM |
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if this is the btc-e guy feds caught, wouldn't feds put the website down immediately or place a "seizure" document on display? btc-e.com still shows a maintenance page.
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July 26, 2017, 02:20:13 PM |
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Lol the fud is increasing.
That's pretty much a normal thing nowadays, since every event with a potentially negative tint may be used in an attempt to get the price to tank. If a new Twitter statement comes through in the coming hours, we'll see the fud train lose steam, but if we don't happen to see any sort of statement, expect the fud to increase a notch or two. I must point out that I start to feel slightly worried with quite some funds sitting in my account there. I am seriously glad that I haven't made any more BTC deposits, as I was initially planning to do. As said before in this thread, as long as there isn't an FBI warning/notification on the front page, things should be fine (at least, I hope so). |
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July 26, 2017, 02:32:14 PM |
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July 26, 2017, 02:43:05 PM |
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It would be fun to see source: bitcointalk.org |
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July 26, 2017, 02:43:31 PM |
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why on earth an arrest would stop the entire operation.
My opinion is that they have a problem, some damage or hack but not a gamebreaking one.
They are here for many years , they make 100 k $ every day, I believe all is going to go well.
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rdnkjdi
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July 26, 2017, 02:49:34 PM |
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why on earth an arrest would stop the entire operation.
My opinion is that they have a problem, some damage or hack but not a gamebreaking one.
They are here for many years , they make 100 k $ every day, I believe all is going to go well.
If the government arrests you because 95% of the cashouts on ransomware were going thru your website. Blames it on stupid SEC laws. And decides to kill your website. If you have the ability to shut it down, it will be shut down. |
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July 26, 2017, 02:50:54 PM |
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why on earth an arrest would stop the entire operation.
My opinion is that they have a problem, some damage or hack but not a gamebreaking on
They are here for many years , they make 100 k $ every day, I believe all is going to go well.
I hope so But the trust that btc-e is scam and not back again |
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