Arrested Alexander Vinnik accused in biltcoin billions of dollars fraud, according to ВВС. A 38-year-old co-owner of the BTC-E exchange was arrested in Greece. Vinnik is accused of more than 4 billion dollars laundering. It is known that he had been charged with 21 counts, including laundering stolen funds from the MtGox, the stock exchange from which about 850 thousand bitcoins disappeared. So far no public comments have been received from Alexander Vinnik. Experts believe that, in general, this situation is even positive for bitcoin. According to Sergei Ivliev, co-founder and chief operation officer of Lykke, in this way some standards of quality and regulation are being formed.
On the 25th of June twitter of BTC-E exchange has informed about temporary activity suspension for technical reasons and its performance has not been renewed to this day. According to some experts, the exchange closing could mean the loss of all funds. However the blockchain systems advantages are decentralization, privacy and security. According to Sergei Ivliev, the funds loss is impossible if exchange is organized according to respective rules.
