Over the past 24 hours there have been two events, the connection between which it was easy to guess. Yesterday afternoon, the largest Russian-language exchange of crypto-currencies - BTC-e was closed on "unscheduled technical work", and today it became known that a little earlier, a 38-year-old Russian citizen, Alexander Vinnik, suspected by the US authorities in laundering large sums of money in bitcoins.

As you know, owners of BTC-e diligently kept anonymity, however Bits. Media received information from the administrator of the qugla service. Com, which also conducted the marketing campaign of the startup Humaniq. He says that Alexander Vinnik is one of the owners and administrators of BTC-e, and answered several questions about possible options for the development of the situation:.

What else do you know about Alexander Vinnik?.

He is one of the owners [BTC-e], perhaps the admin. The second administrator probably has access to the exchange. Now, most likely negotiations are underway with the SEC and the US Department of Justice.

So, have the authorities already got access to servers with money?.

I think no. But it's a matter of time. New information should appear in the near future.

What are your forecasts on the situation with the BTC?.

Forecasts are disappointing. If within 48 hours the situation is not resolved in a positive way, with a high degree of probability it is possible to forget about money.

The address that walks in the network, from which large amounts have left, relates to the exchange?.

As far as I know, no. I heard that this address belongs to Coinbase.

Do you want to add something from this situation?.

Do not store money on exchanges, use multisig, do not break the law, take care of yourself.

Somewhat later, information about Alexandr Vinnik's connection with BTC-e was confirmed by the Greek police.

There is no reliable information about the future of the stock exchange at this time, however, the connection between yesterday's arrest and the closing of the stock exchange has cleared up. Whether the exchange will keep working capacity after the arrest of at least one of its owners, and what will happen to the funds on the purses of the exchange, we can not say.

Probably, we should expect a long trial, according to the results of which a decision will be made.

Facebook Fragment:.

The US was put on the bottle of one of the owners of BTC-E. BTC EVERYTHING!.

Exchange btc-e from yesterday lies, hanging several hundred million dollars.

It turns out yesterday was detained by the Americans in Greece, one of the owners of btc-e, and since then everything lies.

Detained for laundering $ 4 billion through bitcoin.

GOD BLESSING AMERICA!.

Source: bits. Media.