{"id":49668,"date":"2021-09-17T15:37:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T12:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=49668"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:49:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:49:33","slug":"funds-on-wex-bitcoin-exchange-accounts-have-moved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/funds-on-wex-bitcoin-exchange-accounts-have-moved\/","title":{"rendered":"Funds on WEX bitcoin exchange accounts have moved"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

This is the first withdrawal from the bankrupt exchange’s wallet in three years. Its total balance currently stands at 9,916 ETH ($34.2 million).<\/p>\n

According to Polish Gazeta Wyborcza, on August 11 local law enforcement in Warsaw detained the former WEX owner Dmitry Vasilyev. ForkLog confirmed this information with Indefibank CEO Sergey Mendeleev.<\/p>\n

According to him, Vasilyev was detained on an Interpol warrant. He is under arrest and awaits extradition to Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n

ForkLog has sent a request to the consular section of the Belarusian embassy in Warsaw. At present, we have not been able to obtain official confirmation of this information.<\/p>\n

In July 2018, due to ‘technical works’, the WEX exchange ceased full withdrawals. At the same time, according to Dmitry Vasilyev, a contract transferring ownership of WEX to former DPR fighter Dmitry ‘Moryachka’ Khavchenko was signed.<\/p>\n

In August of that year, the bankruptcy of the exchange and suspension of its operations became known. An initiative group of clients calculated that losses exceeded $400 million. Vasilyev personally is attributed with the withdrawal of $200 million.<\/p>\n

In October 2018, Binance froze accounts that had received 93,000 ETH from wallets linked to WEX. At the time of writing, the value of these assets exceeds $321 million.<\/p>\n

Criminal cases have been opened against Dmitry Vasilyev in several countries. In March 2019, Kazakh law enforcement officers, in absentia, recognised him as a suspect in fraud. In April, Vasilyev was placed on an interstate wanted list \u2014 across the CIS.<\/p>\n

In Russia, a case against him at the request of WEX clients was opened in November 2018.<\/p>\n

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