The OG btc-e team symbolized what crypto stood for - freedom, sovereignty and trust. While I don't condone any of the alleged money laundering operations - I certainly admire them for standing upto no less than the Feds and trying to do the best for the users. Not sure any other exchange would even try that, given how hard the Feds made it for them. So yea - would easily trust btc-e OG crew - if they could verify their identities in a reasonably assuring manner.
You are so clueless as to what really went down when btce did their exit sham. Next you'll tout what good job they did with the wex token scam and 45% refunds for select people.
Ugh... :facepalm
There is enough evidence which points to the fact that some of their funds in the form of cryptocurrency was seized by the feds. And they issued refunds not just for "select" people, but for all the users. I had an account with BTC-e, and I received around 55% of my coins (mostly LTC) in Wex. And for the remainder, I received the tokens.