As you say, having those codes it sounds more than odd and very hard to believe.
You do not need to believe in that because I will send money as a security measure to the escrow as well.
Afaik US government has only seized the domain/server
Just will post here an official topic by BTC-E:
For those who understand Russian:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2056158.0For those who don't:
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