Alexander Vinnik, the Russian citizen arrested in Greece last week on money laundering charges, had “never been in charge of” the service.
“Future updates will include information about what options we have for restoring the service and how to regain control of our reserves,” it continued, adding the FBI had gained control of domains where its wallets are located July 25.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced last week it was seeking $110 mln from BTC-e for flouting anti-money laundering rules.
In the coming one to two weeks we’ll be assessing and publishing information about the amount of funds now in the hands of the FBI
source https://cointelegraph.com/news/fbi-has-gained-control-of-our-wallets-bitcoin-exchange-btc-e
