An unknown person withdrew 10 bitcoins from a dormant address, which is associated with the WEX crypto exchange

The last notable movement of funds at this address was in September 2017, when unknown owners also withdrew 10 BTC.

This cryptocurrency address is associated with the BTC-e fiat and digital currency trading platform, which closed in the same year 2017 (later VEKS).

The Telegram channel of the founder of the Garantex cryptocurrency exchange, Sergey Mendeleev, was the first to report that for the first time in five years, assets began to move. On Wednesday, November 23, 10 bitcoins (BTC) were sent from the address. Someone made several transactions: the first two were test ones, after which there was a transaction for the entire balance of 000 BTC. Supposedly sent 10 BTC and 000 BTC went to another wallet as an exchange..

Отправитель: 1LfV1tSt3KNyHpFJnAzrqsLFdeD2EvU1MK.

Receivers:
3500 BTC на bc1qzhzwrd0ev7hsxxrmkwzfeeumr9965lf6mmyne9
6500 BTC на bc1ql7c3k2xw90qmhpntte94mu7mpra6g77nqtj6v7

Получатель тестовой транзакции: bc1qv8fkqa0uu7jl2ah6eqg2xl2e0pfsy00kc0dacq.

The total amount of withdrawn funds is about $165 million.

Recall that after the collapse of the largest Russian-language crypto exchange WEX, about $450 million was lost. The names of Alexander Vinnik, who is considered one of the administrators of the BTC-e platform, and Alexei Bilyuchenko, Vinnik's former partner, are associated with this case.

Alexander Vinnik was extradited to the United States in August, where he is awaiting a decision on his case. The US authorities accuse him of laundering from 4 to 9 billion dollars using trading floors. Bilyuchenko was allegedly arrested in early 2022, but there is no exact information about this.

In June, in Croatia, at the request of the Kazakh authorities, the former WEX director Dmitry Vasilyev was detained - he is accused of stealing $20 from an investor.