BTC-e.com down ! Police detains the owner .

[squatter]

Update for BTC-e customers (Google translation from Russian):

More detailed information about what happened to the BTC-e service.

On July 25, 11:00 the FBI staff came to the data center where our server equipment was located and seized all equipment, the servers contained databases and purses of our service.

Almost for 6 days we could not get from our hosting provider the sane information, what happened to our servers because of this information we publish only now.

July 28, the domain was confiscated.

At the moment, part of the service facility is arrested by the FBI.

The next update will be information on what options are available to restore the service, as well as the procedure for obtaining funds, in the event that the service is not started. In the current situation, if the service is not started before the end of August, Then from September 1 we will start the process of refund.
In the next 1-2 weeks, we will evaluate and publish information about how much money fell into the hands of the FBI and what amount of funds is available for return.

For all those who buried us, I will remind you that the service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it.
The funds will be returned to everyone!

Arrest of the Russian Vinnyk Alexandra:
Officially declare - Alexander was never the head or employee of our service.

Sincerely, btc-e

P.S. In the subject write questions as far as possible we will answer them.

Original post:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2056158.0
https://twitter.com/btcecom/status/891928666065707008

Seems like everyone reading the thread glossed over this. Bump.

Seems like biding for time. But why? If they've already disappeared, they've already disappeared. It's the FBI after them; customers can't do much. But how can they not know what's been seized and what hasn't? It's not clear how recent their backups are, either. Maybe just periodic dumps to remote server...

[mayax]

BTC-e won't come online. their clients won't see any funds back and they have to accept that. life goes on

[Lucky7btc]

BTC-e won't come online. their clients won't see any funds back and they have to accept that. life goes on

Yep their funds are gone...

[volyova]

Hope springs eternal.

https://www.coindesk.com/btc-e-pledges-to-return-customer-bitcoin-days-after-police-seize-domain/

[volyova]

"For all those who buried us, I will remind you that the service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone!" - BTC-e.com. Fight the tptb!!

[rchstr]

"For all those who buried us, I will remind you that the service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone!" - BTC-e.com. Fight the tptb!!

Im just wondering how come they can give back all the funds to the traders and investors where one of the owner was connected with the Mt.gox. Im just hoping that they will really give it back to the investors and traders.

[mayax]

"For all those who buried us, I will remind you that the service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone!" - BTC-e.com. Fight the tptb!!

Im just wondering how come they can give back all the funds to the traders and investors where one of the owner was connected with the Mt.gox. Im just hoping that they will really give it back to the investors and traders.

it's lie,a shit, dust in the eyes BUT there many fanatics, brainwashed here and they really believe

[karan1498]

seems everythings gone ! he is russian &  wont be back.

[volyova]

"For all those who buried us, I will remind you that the service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone!" - BTC-e.com. Fight the tptb!!

Im just wondering how come they can give back all the funds to the traders and investors where one of the owner was connected with the Mt.gox. Im just hoping that they will really give it back to the investors and traders.

I believe they will.

[volyova]

Anyway. In my opinion it's the BTC-e database you should all be worried about, not your petty personal finances, because that has DEFINITELY been seized.

[karan1498]

good news?

http://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/btc-e-claims-funds-will-returned-clients-repudiates-alexander-vinnik/

[xwshamim]

yeah it is a very sad news and very much unexpected that he got caught.  I dnno what ll happen to them who invested in that site

[iglasses]

Let's be clear about one thing.  The site owner(s) did NOT steal your BTC.  The United States Government DID!

[volyova]

Let's be clear about one thing.  The site owner(s) did NOT steal your BTC.  The United States Government DID!

And they will sell them to the highest bidder! Lol j/k...hey, wait!

[exstasie]

Anyway. In my opinion it's the BTC-e database you should all be worried about, not your petty personal finances, because that has DEFINITELY been seized.

What's the big threat with the database? I'm sure that people holding 5 and 6-figure USD sums are more concerned about their balances than whatever might come from losing the database. Are you suggesting that the authorities now have data that could help them pursue criminals and money launderers? Tax evasion for US residents? I imagine in the latter case that they would only pursue big fish...

[volyova]

Anyway. In my opinion it's the BTC-e database you should all be worried about, not your petty personal finances, because that has DEFINITELY been seized.

What's the big threat with the database? I'm sure that people holding 5 and 6-figure USD sums are more concerned about their balances than whatever might come from losing the database. Are you suggesting that the authorities now have data that could help them pursue criminals and money launderers? Tax evasion for US residents? I imagine in the latter case that they would only pursue big fish...

You sound like a bit of a dick-head, so I won't be conversing with you! Lol bye.

[Lucky7btc]

Don't think BTC-e will be back anytime soon. This is posted on their website now

[LTU_btc]

"For all those who buried us, I will remind you that the service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone!" - BTC-e.com. Fight the tptb!!

Im just wondering how come they can give back all the funds to the traders and investors where one of the owner was connected with the Mt.gox. Im just hoping that they will really give it back to the investors and traders.

Well, btc-e claims that Alexander Vinnik isn't owner of exchange and he never was. Seems legit.

Don't think BTC-e will be back anytime soon. This is posted on their website now

Basicly, is it means that all bitcoins from btc-e was stolen by US government? What they will do with all these btc? I expect that users will not get their money back :/
Sometimes USA goes to far by being world cop.

[Gleb Gamow]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2056158.msg20505927#msg20505927

More detailed information about what happened to the BTC-e service.

On July 25, 11:00 the FBI staff came to the data center where our server equipment was located and seized all equipment, the servers contained databases and purses of our service.

Almost 6 days we could not get from our hosting provider the sane information, what happened to our servers because of this information we publish only now.

July 28, the domain was confiscated.

To date, part of the service facility has been arrested by the FBI.

The next update will include information on what options are available to restore the service, as well as the procedure for obtaining funds, in the event that the service is not started. In the current situation, if the service is not started before the end of August, Then from September 1 we will start the process of refund.
In the next 1-2 weeks, we will evaluate and publish information about how much money fell into the hands of the FBI and what amount of funds is available for return.

For all those who buried us, I will remind you that the service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it.
The funds will be returned to everyone!



The arrest of Russian Alexander Vinnik:
Officially declare - Alexander was never the head or employee of our service.

Sincerely, btc-e

P.S. In the subject write questions as far as possible we will answer them. The service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone! The arrest of Russian Alexander Vinnik: Officially declare - Alexander was never the head or employee of our service. Sincerely, btc-e P.S. In the subject write questions as far as possible we will answer them. The service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone! The arrest of Russian Alexander Vinnik: Officially declare - Alexander was never the head or employee of our service. Sincerely, btc-e P.S. In the subject write questions as far as possible we will answer them.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/russian-national-and-bitcoin-exchange-charged-21-count-indictment-operating-alleged

A grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted a Russian national and an organization he allegedly operated, BTC-e, for operating an unlicensed money service business, money laundering, and related crimes.

I can't believe that the fuckin FBI falsely claimed that Vinnik operated BTC-e when BTC-e adamantly declares that such was not the case. That's almost as believable as BTC-e returning all its users' funds in spite of not having any access to its database because ... wait for it ... the fuckin FBI took everything when they arrested a slew of other BTC-e employees except the dude who penned the post quoted above promising that all funds WILL Be returned just like Tom Williams of MyBitcoin promised back in 2011.

"Listen up, guys. In a few minutes we're going be boarding a plane heading to another country. Once there, we're going to BTC-e's data center and take their servers and hopefully arrest some people. We'll bring the severs and the those arrested back to the US. Meanwhile, Vinnik is about to be arrested in Greece where he's on holiday from Russia. Any questions? Oh, BTW depending on who's writing the news, Colin or Brian Stretch will be handling the prosecutions."

[Gleb Gamow]

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/russian-national-and-bitcoin-exchange-charged-21-count-indictment-operating-alleged
BOOOOM!!!!! Right there on the justice departments home page. If found guilty he will face jail, more fines, supervision if released one day (looking at 55 years in prison), and ORDERED TO PAY RESTITUTION to the victims of his crimes. Soooooo, to all the people who have lost hope, don't. The USA has got your back! USA USA USA!!!! MERICA!!!

https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/26/16035702/btce-arrest-bitcoin-alexander-vinnik-mt-gox-theft-suspect

<also quoted here: http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/07/27/bitcoin-exchange-chief-arrested-in-ongoing-investigation-of-mt-gox-theft/>

“Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin provide people around the world new and innovative ways of engaging in legitimate commerce,” said U.S. Attorney Colin Stretch, whose office will be prosecuting the case. “As this case demonstrates, however, just as new computer technologies continue to change the way we engage each other and experience the world, so too will criminals subvert these new technologies to serve their own nefarious purposes.”

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/russian-national-and-bitcoin-exchange-charged-21-count-indictment-operating-alleged

A grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted a Russian national and an organization he allegedly operated, BTC-e, for operating an unlicensed money service business, money laundering, and related crimes. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for the Northern District of California; Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation Chief Don Fort; Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Acting Executive Associate Director Derek Benner; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge of the Louisville Division Amy Hess; United States Secret Service (USSS) Special Agent in Charge of the Criminal Investigative Division Michael D’Ambrosio; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Inspector General, Inspector General Jay N. Lerner; and Acting Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Jamal El-Hindi.

WHO THE FUCK IS COLIN STRETCH?? ?? ??

https://www.crunchbase.com/person/colin-stretch

Colin Stretch became vice-president and general counsel for Facebook on July 5, 2013. Stretch started with Facebook in 2010 and served as Ted Ullyot's deputy general counsel. He was a partner with D.C. firm Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel for more than 10 years before that. Stretch was involved in the Winklevoss case and a settlement with the FTC regarding Facebook's privacy policies.

"Tell you in sec after I do this line and take some
hydrocodone, oxycodone, tramadol, alprazolam and diazepam"

America's 50 Outstanding General Counsel (2014)

As for the dude who the arrow is pointing to, pay such no mind unless you wanna go there: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmurck/. BTW, years later we're still waiting for proof that KnC truly did pay the U$100K fee to TBC in becoming a Platinum Member. I'm guessing that it never happened, but who the fuck am I?

Who else was a partner of Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel, I hear you asking?

Nobody in particular unless, that is, this guy is relevant: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-31/meet-americas-newest-supreme-court-justice-judge-neil-gorsuch

His work background includes time as a partner with the Washington law firm Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel, a stint with the U.S. Department of Justice and clerkships with Supreme Justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy.