This case really drives home how much law enforcement doesn't care about victims of cryptocurrency scams.
The judge ordered Vern to return the 11,325 BTC to Cryptsy customers. In today's money that's:
$130,000,000 in BTC
$20,000,000 in BCH
$3,000,000 in BTG
Notwithstanding all the other cryptocurrencies he stole and is living off right now, there's a court order for him to return crypto to the tune of $150MM.
He was a no-show in court, is somewhere in China (allegedly) on the run, and has not been heard from in 2 years. How the fuck is he not on Interpol and FBI wanted lists? Literally hundreds of millions of dollars stolen, but he's not on a wanted list somewhere. It's because that $150MM was in cryptocurrencies.
If you still hold funds on an exchange and you're not actively trading those funds, you stand to lose it all with no recourse. Get out of Bittrex, get out of Poloniex, and especially get out of Bitfinex.
The reason he is not on those lits is because... he might be. But at the end of the day, China and the US have no extradition treaty so if he was on that list, there is nothing anyone can do about it.