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ForkLog 8 23.12.2021

Part of the bitcoins from a wallet calling itself WEX’s ‘miner’ moved to Binance

Outgoing transactions from the address belonging to the extortionist demanding 120 BTC on behalf of the “WEX exchange client” lead to wallets of several trading platforms with mandatory user verification. One of the addresses belongs to Binance.

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ForkLog 5 14.11.2021

Indian hacker claims responsibility for Bitfinex and BTC-e attacks

A resident of the Indian state of Karnataka, Srikrishna Ramesh, told police of his involvement in the hacks of cryptocurrency exchanges Bitfinex and BTC-e, and the BitClub Network fraudulent mining pool.

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ForkLog 7 12.11.2021

Russia’s Interior Ministry says blocking of 10,016 ETH from the WEX exchange was premature

The Investigative Department of the Russian Interior Ministry refused to block funds totaling 10,016 ETH ($45.9 million at the time of writing) withdrawn from the WEX exchange.

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ForkLog 7 23.09.2021

Millions of dollars moved from WEX to the sanctioned Bitcoin exchange Suex

Chainalysis, the analytics firm, found that the U.S.-sanctioned Bitcoin exchange Suex, among other things, processed transactions with the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange WEX worth several million dollars.

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ForkLog 28 21.09.2021

US sanctions Bitcoin exchange Suex with offices in Moscow and Saint Petersburg

The U.S. Treasury placed Suex, a cryptocurrency exchange with offices in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, on the sanctions list, along with 25 addresses on the Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether networks.

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ForkLog 9 20.09.2021

Unknown actor transfers all 9,916 ETH from WEX exchange wallet to a new address

On September 20, an unknown actor transferred all funds held in the WEX cryptocurrency exchange wallet, totaling 9,916 ETH (just over $30 million at the time) to a new address.

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ForkLog 10 20.09.2021

Polish District Prosecutor’s Office confirms arrest of former WEX chief Dmitry Vasilyev

The Warsaw District Prosecutor's Office commented on the detention and arrest of the former owner of the WEX cryptocurrency exchange Dmitry Vasilyev.

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ForkLog 14 17.09.2021

Funds on WEX bitcoin exchange accounts have moved

An unknown person withdrew 100 ETH ($345,385 at the time of the transaction) from the WEX bitcoin exchange wallet. The funds were sent to Binance.

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ForkLog 9 23.08.2021

Alexander Vinnik extradition to Greece unlikely before 2022

The extradition of the Russian national Alexander Vinnik from France back to Greece in the coming months will not take place. This was told to Izvestia by the convicted man's lawyer, Frédéric Belo.

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ForkLog 10 12.07.2021

Vinnik’s defence says U.S. authorities interfered in the investigation

The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Embassy in Athens directly interfered in the case of Russian national Alexander Vinnik, according to the convicted man's lawyers.

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ForkLog 7 27.04.2021

Former Neklis Bank executives arrested

The Moscow Tverskoy District Court arrested the former chairman of the board of the now-bankrupt Neklis Bank, Sergey Boriskin, and his deputy Natalia Akulova.

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ForkLog 9 18.03.2021

Wex clients uncover more than $250 million in stolen funds

An initiative group of Wex clients uncovered stolen funds totaling more than $250 million on the platform’s hot and cold wallets.

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