Vasilyev Dmitry

Vasilyev Dmitry

Biography

2021: Detention, charge of embezzlement of hundreds of millions of dollars

In mid-September 2021, it became known about the arrest of the former owner of the largest Russia cryptocurrency Wex exchange Dmitry Vasiliev. He was detained at the airport Warsaw on August 11, 2021, after which the court arrested the entrepreneur for 40 days. He was placed in a pre-trial detention center.

According to the Polish newspaper Wyborcza, which refers to its sources, the Polish prosecutor's office is considering the extradition of Dmitry Vasiliev to Kazakhstan through Interpol. There he is accused of fraud. According to the investigation, in September 2018 year Vasiliev misled an unnamed man with the help of crypto exchange and stole $20 000.

Dmitry Vasiliev has criminal cases in, and Russia Belarus. China In all countries, he is accused of stealing $450 million with the help of the Wex exchange. According to investigators in, USA through it money was stolen from investors from countries, European Union as well as Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

The Wex cryptocurrency exchange was launched in September 2017. It had information about customers of the BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange, which ceased to exist in 2017. The founder of BTC-e is a Russian citizen, Alexander Vinnik, who was arrested in 2017 in Greece at the request of the United States, where he is accused of laundering from $4 billion to $9 billion through the exchange he created. The extradition of Vinnik in addition to the United States was sought by Russia and France. He himself admitted to Russian law enforcement officers of embezzlement of 750 million rubles. He reported that he wanted "voluntary" extradition to Russia. In January 2020, the Greek authorities extradited him to France, where Vinnik was suspected of stealing personal data and extortion. A Paris court sentenced Vinnik to five years in prison.

According to the BBC, Vasiliev fought in eastern Ukraine under the call sign "Sailor."^[1]

2022: Arrest in Croatia

At the end of May 2022, it became known about the next arrest of Dmitry Vasiliev. This time, the former director of the largest Russian cryptocurrency exchange Wex (formerly known as BTC-e) was detained at the airport of Croatian Zagreb, where he flew from Barcelona, where his mother lives. The entrepreneur was taken into custody on the basis of a warrant issued by Interpol at the request of Kazakhstan in the case of fraud for $20 thousand.

The local newspaper 24sata writes about Vasiliev's arrest, as well as the BBC, citing its source. In court, he said that he was not a crypto-bullier, but a political activist who opposed the actions of the Russian authorities. The businessman asked to be released on bail - first he offered 20 thousand euros, and then 100 thousand euros. According to 24sata, Vasiliev said that he earns about 500 thousand euros per month.

Dmitry Vasiliev

In addition, 35-year-old Vasiliev is suspected of stealing €450 million in Belarus, Russia and China. He himself denies all charges. He was already taken into custody in Italy (he spent several weeks there in prison) and Poland (he was in custody for several months), but the courts did not find grounds for the expulsion of the former head of the Wex crypto exchange to Kazakhstan.

In March 2022, the BTC-e (WEX) Red Admiral Alexei Bilyuchenko, suspected of embezzlement of Bitcoin Exchange assets, was detained in the Russian Federation. According to the investigation, the attacker controlled the movement of large amounts in cryptocurrencies and their transfer to electronic wallets. Taking advantage of his position, he withdrew part of the funds and appropriated them.

At the time of detention, the suspect had two suitcases with 190 million rubles. A criminal case has been opened on embezzlement of crypto exchange assets.

According to the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, the exchange's management is responsible for the loss of money belonging to citizens of EU states, including Poland and other countries.^[2]

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