BBC: Ex-owner of the WEX crypto exchange detained in Italy In Italy, a native of Minsk and a citizen of the Russian Federation Dmitry Vasiliev, who was previously associated with the notorious WEX cryptocurrency exchange (formerly BTC-e), was detained in Italy. The BBC writes about this with reference to the statement of a close friend of Vasiliev. At the same time, the reason for the detention was not specified.

BBC: Ex-owner of WEX crypto exchange arrested in Italy

In Italy, a native of Minsk and a citizen of the Russian Federation Dmitry Vasiliev, who was previously associated with the notorious WEX cryptocurrency exchange (formerly BTC-e), was detained. The BBC writes about this with reference to the statement of a close friend of Vasiliev. At the same time, the reason for the detention is not specified..

The BTC-e exchange was founded in 2011 and ceased operations in 2017 after the arrest in Greece of Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik and the confiscation of the servers of the FBI site. Subsequently, WEX adopted the custom BTC-e, although it denied its direct connection with the latter. As noted by the BBC, it was Vasiliev who was the owner of WEX registered in Singapore..

The BBC sent inquiries to the Italian police and the Ministry of Justice. "No comment", - Dmitry Gurin, the press attaché of the Russian Embassy in Italy, replied.

It is also known that in April 2019, a criminal case was initiated against Vasiliev in Kazakhstan on suspicion of embezzling $ 20,000 from an Almaty resident using WEX. Vasiliev himself stated that he entered into a deal to sell the exchange in mid-2018 and from that moment had nothing to do with it. At the same time, users began to report problems with the withdrawal of funds to WEX.

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