Quote from: bonker on July 29, 2017, 07:26:35 PM

Quote from: OMlite on July 29, 2017, 04:25:26 PM

Quote from: bigguy597 on July 29, 2017, 04:00:05 PM

I think we lost all. Would like everybody have his money back,but if we lost better than russian btce guys steal our money and not usa goverment,that they are the biggest thieves

are you out of your mind?
BTC-e has been sized because it was doing illegal business.
Or, at least, one of its head operator was.
They are responsible of all the money lost. And you also want to give them a hug?

If the coins have not been seized by Fed (as it seems for now)... they have to return them.
Otherwise they will be additionally charge of theft and fraud.

They cannot simply disappear with the money. And no one should wish this.
(unless you work at BTCe Wink

)

As far As I can see, there are 3 options:
1). money has been seized. bye bye money.
2). btc-e still have all the money (at least the crypto assets) and they run for it. ---> They already have the feds on their tails. The feds would love to tear them all apart confirming that btc-e was "indeed an illegal operation". More arrests follow.
3). BTC-e dismisses the arrested guy. Pays the fine. Restores a mirror site, enforces rules, and gives back the money.

The third option will:
Keep most of BTC-e employers out of jail.
Restoring (although it takes time) the valuable business they had.
Return money to happy costumers that will praise their new god (btc-e).

We will see how it plays.
But please, stop wishing that Russian guys have steal the money

Entirely reasonable analysis in a sea of chaos, thanks buddy.

The trouble with the conclusion made is that in the the third scenario, the feds are still on their tails. So they are risking arrest and seizure of funds. Customers know this too, so reopening to keep "printing money" starts to look less fruitful. I get the feeling given the language from the agency press releases and money laundering charge against BTC-E that they aren't interested in letting them operate in any capacity. Sure, they could play cat-and-mouse with domains or even run a TOR hidden service, but that seems quite risky for the admins. I also think doing so would put Mayzus Financial / Okpay in jeopardy (if they aren't already), because of their close connections to BTC-E.