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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.

ya the others on btce prob are dividing the funds for themselves

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I am holding tight and hope for the best.

Really, what will you say today? Site go offline, not even maintenance note :)
https://twitter.com/InVodkaWeTrust/status/891032818125594625

InVodkaWeTrust In Vodka We Trust tweeted @ 28 Jul 2017 - 20:29 UTC

Not officially confirmed yet but it seems btc-e.com has been seized . RIP @btce https://t.co/WlK6XFCOgd

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Upvoted and followed, thanks for the voice of sanity. I'm looking forward to it going back online, and then never keeping coins on an exchange and learning about the decentralized exchanges. Cheers!

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