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BTC-e Users’ Funds Stuck in Limbo as Exchange Blames Third Party

Earlier this year, popular cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e was taken down by authorities, following the arrest of 38-year-old Russian national Alexander Vinnik in Greece, for allegedly laundering $4 billion of ill-gotten bitcoins. Vinnik was seen as a “BTC-e operator” and his legal future is now thrown into turmoil.

Following Vinnik’s arrest, and taking into account BTC-e’s domain had been seized, users started believing their funds had also been seized by authorities and quickly reacted by creating a change.org petition to get their money back. It’s also been revealed that the exchange was fined for $110 million, and that employees from a company called Mayzus Financial Services Ltd had been arrested for being tied to the illegal “money flow.”

At the time a BTC-e admin updated users on Bitcointalk and on Twitter about the exchange’s situation, and revealed that they controlled over 55% of user funds, and that the remaining 45% would be reimbursed through a Bitfinex-like token. The exchange then relaunched as World Exchange Services (WEX) and updated users on its current situation.

WEX clarified that it did receive digital assets from BTC-e, but not fiat balances or any financial obligations. It further updated users on the Bitfinex-like token situation:

“Earlier it was reported that the conversion will occur in the ratio of 55% (balances) and 45% (tokens). At the launch date, the ratio of 61.79% (Fiat and crypto) and 38.21% (tokens) became possible.”

In the past, the company stated that “funds will be returned to everyone.” Recently, however, several WEX users came forward stating that money they deposited into the exchange is seemingly stuck in limbo, as two companies tell them the other one has the funds.

On Bitcointalk, users claim that, earlier this month, WEX started verifying the identity of fiat currency holders to refund them while complying with AML/KYC regulations. Following the process, users got an email CCN had access to, that told them to contact a third-party that reportedly handled their financial operations and was presumably in control of the funds: a company called Money Polo.

Money Polo, as the company’s website states, is a registered trademark of Mayzus Financial Services, the company in which some employees were allegedly arrested following BTC-e’s seizure.

After contacting the company, users were told that Money Polo received their money, and credited it to BTC-e, who may now seemingly be escaping the situation, as it is now WEX, an exchange that claimed not to “buy or accept any financial obligations form ex-BTC-e.”

“We need to know: where is the money?”

In an attempt to get either WEX or Money Polo to further clarify the situation, users have been contacting these two companies in every possible way, but so far have only gotten the same answers.

In an organized attempt to retrieve their money, users started reaching out to various organizations, including Interpol, Europol, and FinCEN. So far, only Financial Ombudsman replied stating it contacted the companies giving them two months to provide a satisfactory answer.

One user told CCN that he hopes other victims will come foward. He added:

“We have filed complaint in several authorities website. We need to know: where is the money? Who locked the money? What do you need to do to unlock?”

Another user detailed that he deposited nearly $115,000 between July 21 and 24, right before BTC-e was seized by the FBI. Yet, he discarded the possibility of the U.S. government being in control of the funds as no information can be found on legal documents. He also pointed out that, if given the chance, he’ll prove the money was obtained in a legal way.

Affected users told CCN they contacted their banks in an attempt to retrieve their funds or know what happened to them. They were told Mayzus Financial Services received the funds, and refused to send them back.

A user told CCN he believes BTC-e is selectively scamming some users, so that only a few are unhappy and eventually give up on their cause after a few weeks. He stated:

“It’s selective scamming: 1) they scam some clients; 2) the clients complain for awhile; 3) most of them give up after few weeks; 4) easy profit. BTC-e always did this….but now they had the perfect situation to SCAM big money”

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Bitcoin Site Fined $110 Million for Money Laundering, Owner Arrested for Hacking

One of the oldest digital currency exchanges, known as BTC-e, remained off-line following a one-two punch by law enforcement over a series of allegedly criminal acts by the site and its owner.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a $110 million fine against BTC-e for facilitating crimes like drug sales and ransomware attacks along with a separate $12 million fine against its owner, Alexander Vinnik.

BTC-e is headquartered in Russia and has long served as a forum where users can exchange traditional currencies for bitcoin or other digital monies like Ethereum or Dash.

Meanwhile on Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department also filed a series of criminal charges, including conspiracy and money laundering, against Vinnik after snatching him up in Greece.

The agencies claim BTC-e, which was founded in 2011, blatantly ignored “know your customer” laws in order to cater to a criminal customer base, and even hosted message boards buzzing with illegal activities. According to a Justice Department press release:

BTC-e .. was heavily reliant on criminals, including by not requiring users to validate their identity, obscuring and anonymizing transactions and source of funds, and by lacking any anti-money laundering processes. The indictment alleges BTC-e was operated to facilitate transactions for cybercriminals worldwide and received the criminal proceeds of numerous computer intrusions and hacking incidents, ransomware scams, identity theft schemes, corrupt public officials, and narcotics distribution rings.

Instead of acting to prevent money laundering, BTC-e and its operators embraced the pervasive criminal activity conducted at the exchange. Users openly and explicitly discussed criminal activity on BTC-e’s user chat. [my emphasis]

The charges against Vinnik also accuse him of helping to orchestrate the hack of Mt. Gox, which was once the most popular digital currency exchange, but shut down in 2014 following a after a massive series of mysterious robberies.

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Wednesday’s news comes as a reminder that, even as mainstream investors like hedge funds and venture capitalists rush to acquire digital currencies, many of the currencies’ core users are still criminal networks.

As for BTC-e, a message from its Twitter account says the site will be down for five to 10 days, though many on social media are speculating its gone for good.

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Bitcoin Exchange BTC-E Blocked by Russian Regulator

European bitcoin exchange operator BTC-e has revealed that users in the Russian Federation won’t get access to its website following a ban imposed by a Russian regulator today.

In what may be sign of things to come prior to the review of a draft bill that seeks a Bitcoin ban by the Russian legislature , the official twitter account of European bitcoin and alt coins exchange BTC-e has revealed that it won’t be accessible by Russian users.

В связи с блокировкой роскомнадзора, с 22.01.2016 домен https://t.co/jsWC3YEETn может быть не доступен для пользователей РФ #btce

The tweet mentions a lock by Roskomnadzor, the Russian telecom regulator which effectively puts the domain btc-e.com in a blacklist that will not be accessible via Russian ISPs.

Roughly translated, the tweet reads:

In connection with roskomnadzor lock [from] 22.01.2016 [the] domain btc-e.com may not be available for users of the RUSSIAN FEDERATION #btce

However, a following tweet confirms that the exchange is already looking at solutions.

В течение 24 часов будет опубликована подробная информация о способах входа в аккаунт на территории РФ #btce

A rough translation shows:

Within 24 hours [there will] detailed information published on how to access your account [within] the territory of the Russian Federation #btce

The messages come within a week after Bitstamp’s revelation that the Russian government was seeking to prohibit access to Bitstamp’s websites within the country’s borders. The exchange communicated the news via emails to its customers.

An excerpt from the email read:

We have not been officially notified of the reason for this action, which we view as unjustified. We are not aware of any misuse of our services involving any Russian customer.

Bitstamp poses no threat to the security of Russia or its economy. Bitstamp is a recognized leader in operating a safe, fully compliant exchange. We are attempting to contact officials in Russia to determine why they have taken this unfortunate action.

This resulted in the exchange temporarily blocking access to all Russian IP addresses.

Bitstamp added that issued the temporary block to avoid legal concerns and sanctions that may face its customers.

Again, we regret this inconvenience, but we do not want to expose anyone to possible fines or criminal sanctions by the Russian state.

There have been no reports or known instances of Bitstamp users facing connectivity concerns with the website since.

Meet WEX: Bitcoin Exchange Launches for BTC-e Users with BTC-e Design

BTC-e appears to have successfully launched a new bitcoin exchange platform.

Announced today via Twitter, WEX is allegedly the result of a months-long effort by the bitcoin exchange to return service to customers after it was raided and fined by US authorities in July. But despite its new URL, the WEX website notably mirrors the old BTC-e website in design, functionality and trading pair options.

Further, in a welcome message on its new website, WEX sought to differentiate itself from the BTC-e website, claiming that it is unrelated to that company. Despite having migrated over all the exchange's former users, the platform claims the technical teams behind the exchanges are different.

Adding to the claims is that the new website stated that it did not receive any funds from BTC-e, while at the same time alleging that it would abide by anti-money laundering and know-your-customer laws.

In the welcome message:

"We thank all ex-users of BTC-E for their patience at such a difficult moment for all of you guys. We on our part have spent a lot of efforts and energy to create a new platform for trade in the shortest time limits."

For the next three to seven business days, WEX will operate in a test-mode. Users will receive bonus crypto-tokens for transferring balances.

Still, the result is a follow-through on previous claims by BTC-e. The original website announced on Thursday that the "address of the new platform [would] be announced in btc-e twitter [sic].") Further, BTC-e said in August that it would relaunch on September 15.

Upcoming steps in its relaunch process include restructuring its assets and undergoing an audit to confirm the new exchange is in compliance with laws and regulations for money exchanges.

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Troubled Bitcoin Exchange BTC-e Will Likely Issue Tokens in Bid to Relaunch and Refund Users

Bitcoin exchange BTC-e has just published a new update about its plans on how to refund all the money to its users after it was shuttered by U.S. authorities in late July.

As we remember, the BTC-e website, that had been previously displaying a breakdown for maintenance message, was seized by US criminal authorities slightly more than a week ago. This was totally horrible news for its clients, who had lost access to their funds since then, especially given the arrest of Alexander Vinnik, charged with laundering of $4B, 95 per cent of which were cashed out at the BTC-e.

A week and something ago BTC-e had told users on Twitter that normal service would resume by Aug. 6. Today this seems to have failed so funds are still being kept by the system which makes them unavailable for withdrawal. When the situation became really acute, BTC-e users created Change.org petition that urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to give users their money back from the exchange or at least to allow them to access them again, so they won’t lose everything they had.

The team behind the exchange assured its users that they would stay updated and that the funds would be eventually returned:

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.

The funds will be returned to everyone!

Now the BTC-e’s team takes every possible step to make refunds come true, and here’s the latest update from the BTC-e’s owners, which provides its users with rather comprehensive information:

Exit from the current situation with the arrested Fiat:

  1. Last 14 days we were engaged in struggle for your means, it was possible to gain control over 55% of funds (depends on the course), the remaining 45% are arrested funds, the most part in fiat. As the arrest is withdrawn from the accounts, the amount will decrease.
  2. What is the way out of the current situation we see:
    1. Work under the current BTC-e brand is not possible due to unresolved issues from the Office of Financial Crimes of the US Treasury.
    2.2. At the moment, we are negotiating with a group of investors (an investment company), about buying and prompt launch of the service and repaying debts to customers. Further, the process of repayment of debt obligations will be described in more detail.
    2.3. After we transfer all balance sheets of the investment company, we will recalculate the balance sheets.
    2.4. The conversion procedure, taking into account the available 55% of funds:
    2.4.1. All liabilities for fiat (USD, EUR, RUR) will be transferred to BTE tokens (1 BTE is 1 USD) at the exchange rate on the date of conversion. Probably, for more operative closing of promissory notes, ICO will be held on BTE tokens.
    2.4.2. If you have on the balance the amount in koin, then you will be written off 45% of the balance of coins and credited with 45% of BTE (1 BTE is 1 USD). At the exchange rate on the day of conversion.
    2.4.3. If you have a balance in BTE, then you will be credited with 45% in coins (the sum will be divided into 7 different coins equally BTC, LTC, NMC, NVC, PPC, ETH, DSH) and write off the amount of 45% in BTE.
    2.4.4. Upon all recalculations, all users will have the opportunity to withdraw 55% of their funds from the system.
    2.5. The investment company works in compliance with KYC, AML and the licenses required for this activity, so all users will need to undergo verification.
    2.6. Tentative start dates end of August.
  3. All debt obligations will be closed primarily from operating income from the investment company’s commission, as well as from the funds we plan to sue from those who illegally arrested them.

The closing of the debt will be based on the principle of buying BTE tokens from the market.

The next update will provide more details on the procedure for accessing information on your balance sheet and when these funds can be withdrawn.

From the BTC-e team we officially inform that all the funds that were in the reserve fund (including all our income) were transferred to pay off the debts.

P.S. A warning! The cases of posting fake links on allegedly our new domain have become more frequent. All official information about our service is placed only in our twitter and from our official account on the forum.

Sincerely, BTC-e team

So far, the final destiny of funds that were stored by users at BTC-e still remains a mystery. Let’s hope for the best outcome for all of the three parties involved.

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BTC-e Is Back Online, But Refund Efforts Are Anything But Smooth

BTC-e announced late last week that it would begin allowing cryptocurrency withdrawals – though it's not clear at this time how many users have gotten their money out since the weekend.

Signs on social media suggest that some users have been able to withdraw their funds. As CoinDesk reported on Friday, BTC-e announced that, if they were willing to accept a plan to accept just over half of their existing holdings in return for so-called debt tokens following a pending relaunch, users could begin taking their money off of the exchange.

Postings on Twitter, as well as the BTC-e chatbox, indicate that a number of customers opted to keep their funds on the exchange itself, under the premise that would presumably recoup all of their money at a later date.

Yet more immediately, social media signs show, many users seem to be having persistent issues in accessing either their accounts or a refund page launched by BTC-e. Some seem to be encountering issues with their accounts being blacklisted from the BTC-e website, while others are reporting problems related to their two-factor authentication (2FA) settings.

Complicating factors are reports that scammers are targeting BTC-e users with phishing attempts. According to one post on Twitter, an email is circulating that directs readers to a fake refund form through which their access credentials can be stolen.

BTC-e was the target of a US crackdown in late July, an event which saw one of its alleged operators arrested and the exchange itself slapped with a $110 million fine from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). In the aftermath of that crackdown, representatives for the exchange vowed to relaunch BTC-e after claiming to possess just over half of the funds it originally held.

Notably, BTC-e is reportedly distributing holdings of Bitcoin Cash to users, according to a new tweet, referring to the breakaway cryptocurrency that "forked" away from bitcoin at the start of August.

The exchange had received a number of requests related to Bitcoin Cash, a notable development given that the network took shape in the days after BTC-e's original Web domain was seized by law enforcement.

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BTC-e Comes Back From The Dead – Officially Rebranded As Wex.nz

September 15th, 2017 saw the reopening of one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges – BTC-e – after they rebranded it as Wex.nz.

The update was announced on the official Twitter account:

“wex.nz let's go trade! subscribe to @WEXnz for futher updates.”

Messages from users thanking BTC-e for coming back online flooded their Twitter as well as the live chat section on the new site.

BTC-e, one of the oldest and largest cryptocurrency exchanges had gone offline on July 27 without any notice and users believed it to be a maintenance issue.

However, the site remained offline as stories developed regarding the arrest of Alexander Vinnik in Greece – who was claimed to be the owner of BTC-e. He was arrested by the FBI on multiple charges, including money laundering.

Shortly afterwards BTC-e announced that the site would remain offline for 10 days, but it was widely believed that it was not going to reopen and users had lost their cryptocurrencies.

BTC-e gets fined for $110 million

The U.S Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) then announced that BTC-e was involved in facilitating illegal activity online and would be subjected to a fine of $110 million.

According to their press release:

“BTC-e . was heavily reliant on criminals, including by not requiring users to validate their identity, obscuring and anonymizing transactions and source of funds, and by lacking any anti-money laundering processes.

The indictment alleges BTC-e was operated to facilitate transactions for cybercriminals worldwide and received the criminal proceeds of numerous computer intrusions and hacking incidents, ransomware scams, identity theft schemes, corrupt public officials, and narcotics distribution rings.

Instead of acting to prevent money laundering, BTC-e and its operators embraced the pervasive criminal activity conducted at the exchange.Users openly and explicitly discussed criminal activity on BTC-e’s user chat.”

Updates kept rolling in

Updates from BTC-e’s official Twitter and Bitcointalk forum accounts kept coming in though, much to the relief of users, most of whom were skeptical about getting their coin balances back.

BTC-e announced that they were looking into transferring exchange ownership and reopening after meeting full compliance regulations.

An offer is made

Starting September 1, daily updates were promised by the BTC-e team and they announced that 45% of their funds were seized. They came up with a payment plan and gave users two options:

  1. Users could withdraw 55% of their funds from the refund site now and forego the 45% debt BTC-e owes them.
  2. Users wait till an officially rebranded site is launched and get 45% of the missing funds in debt tokens issued by BTC-e with a promise to buyback later.

From feedback online it appeared that most users decided to stay and wait for the rebranded launch.

Official rebranded site launched

15th September saw the official rebranded site launching as Wex.nz and we can confirm that users received up to 61% of their coins along with debt tokens issued by BTC-e that can be traded on their token market or held until the exchange can buy them back at face value.

The new exchange, Wex, is now owned by World Exchange Services, and the exchange confirmed that they are now fully compliant with Anti-Money Laundering and Know Your Customer laws as per the requirements of Singapore law.

“Our platform will operate according to AML/KYC laws and world legislation in this field. World Exchange Services payment service is regarded as a stored value facility under Singapore law.”

We can also confirm that coin withdrawals on the new site are functional and users can now withdraw their available coin balances and trade tokens.

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