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I wish to know the opinion of the community, do you agree that user Balthazar justly has a negative trust, which was issued by DT member Cryptodevil in March 2017?
A DT member Cryptodevil believes that Balthazar deserves a negative tag because Balthazar was linked to the BTC-e exchange.
Balthazar himself has admitted that he was a chat moderator and technical consultant in the BTC-e, but denies that he organized this exchange.
Balthazar is a veteran of Bitcointalk. In 2012 he had participated in the moderators elections in Russian section. Balthazar also helps against spammers and bounty cheaters on the forum. I asked Balthazar to join the discussion but he refused.
Nonetheless, let me quote from RBC magazine from December 13, 2017:
Translation into English by Crimerussia:
Balthazar's comments from 2015 indirectly confirm he was a consultant and didn't hold a managerial position in BTC-e, also the work at BTC-e apparently wasn't his main employment.
Is there at least one hard proof or official statement, that Balthazar held a senior position in BTC-e? If there is no such evidence, then do you believe it is right that average employee like chat moderator and consultant should be tagged if company management have used illegal schemes?
At first I didn't want to open this topic without Balthazar, but then I changed my mind, because I think that a negative trust must be supported by hard facts and shouldn't be controversial, otherwise it will cause discredit to the whole DT system.
A DT member Cryptodevil believes that Balthazar deserves a negative tag because Balthazar was linked to the BTC-e exchange.
Balthazar himself has admitted that he was a chat moderator and technical consultant in the BTC-e, but denies that he organized this exchange.
<...> I'm definitely neither owner nor founder of this project. I was a moderator and consultant who helped with dealing some technical issues (ddos/bruteforce attacks) and that's all. <...>
Balthazar is a veteran of Bitcointalk. In 2012 he had participated in the moderators elections in Russian section. Balthazar also helps against spammers and bounty cheaters on the forum. I asked Balthazar to join the discussion but he refused.
Nonetheless, let me quote from RBC magazine from December 13, 2017:
Translation into English by Crimerussia:
Quote from: https://en.crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/fbi-vs-btc-e-how-the-largest-russian-crypto-exchange-collapsed/
During the investigation, users found that Svetleishiy and Buyanov could be connected to the exchange, they were looking for Alexey, who hid under support. But 31-year-old software engineer Alexey Demidov, who is known in the community by the name balthazar, got a lot to bear. His mining pool in 2011 was the official partner of BTC-e, and he himself served as a moderator in the chat room of the exchange (Wayback Machine and chat archive data).
However, BTC-e is not his brainchild, Demidov only cooperated with the site, the 'veteran' assured RBC, communicating with both balthazar and support. Demidov himself said that he appealed to the police in the autumn with a demand to open a criminal case under the Article Libel against those who call him the owner of BTC-e on the forums: after receiving a refusal, he complained to the Prosecutor's Office, which, he said, found signs of a crime. Now Demidov works for Russian Mining Coin Internet Ombudsman Dmitry Marinichev: in the autumn the company said that it raised $43.2 million for ICO.
However, BTC-e is not his brainchild, Demidov only cooperated with the site, the 'veteran' assured RBC, communicating with both balthazar and support. Demidov himself said that he appealed to the police in the autumn with a demand to open a criminal case under the Article Libel against those who call him the owner of BTC-e on the forums: after receiving a refusal, he complained to the Prosecutor's Office, which, he said, found signs of a crime. Now Demidov works for Russian Mining Coin Internet Ombudsman Dmitry Marinichev: in the autumn the company said that it raised $43.2 million for ICO.
Balthazar's comments from 2015 indirectly confirm he was a consultant and didn't hold a managerial position in BTC-e, also the work at BTC-e apparently wasn't his main employment.
<...> I have many examples of how good reporter became an absolutely authoritarian moderator and committed multiple abuses of power. Last one was becool at the btc-e.com and that was my fault. I've checked a lot of his reports and recommended him as moderator... I'll never do such mistake again. I regretted it many times and supported the cancellation of his appointment a bit later. 
It's unfortunately but I can't guarantee that I'll have enough time for full moderation because I'm already moderator of three resources. <...>
Balthazar has banned more more than a few times from the BTC-E chat, but you said you didn't want the position anyway, so a semi vouch is there if you want it.
Yep, I'm a mod at btc-e since 2012. It's unfortunately but I can't guarantee that I'll have enough time for full moderation because I'm already moderator of three resources. <...>
Is there at least one hard proof or official statement, that Balthazar held a senior position in BTC-e? If there is no such evidence, then do you believe it is right that average employee like chat moderator and consultant should be tagged if company management have used illegal schemes?
At first I didn't want to open this topic without Balthazar, but then I changed my mind, because I think that a negative trust must be supported by hard facts and shouldn't be controversial, otherwise it will cause discredit to the whole DT system.
Edit: typo