One of the world's oldest Bitcoin exchanges , BTC-e is still down , with Reuters Business news service reporting the arrest of a Russian man associated with BTC-e in Greece.
The Reuters tweet can be found here:
https://twitter.com/ReutersBiz/status/890232366370893825
Bitcoin news service Coindesk has also speculated that the arrested man, Alexander Vinnik, could be one of the administrators of the BTC-e site, known only as Alexander.
The coindesk article with (slightly) more info can be found here:
https://www.coindesk.com/btc-e-connected-bitcoin-money-laundering-arrest-greece/
While the sharing of first name doesn't present anything close to evidence and Reuters cite 'unnamed sources', the arrest does coincide with both BTC-e's "unscheduled maintenace" and the recent closure of the darkweb's Alphabay.
If I had had BTC in the BTC-e exchange I would be starting to entertain the possibility that the coins are gone.
What are your thoughts? How much did people have on the exchange?
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