yea I'm hoping against hope too - if anybody from the original btc-e team was involved I'd expect them to have a strong moral compass - those guys went against the Feds to at least try and bring back wex.nz. Hoping someone with a conscience from the team comes across these posts !
We should have withdrawn our coins when they set up Wex.nz. Can't blame these guys too much. After the feds seized BTC-e, they showed outstanding courage to set up Wex. They could have easily vanished, but they still reimbursed most of the funds and activated trading in Wex. I don't know what happened in the end, but I guess the feds won the game.