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The Russian Embassy in Washington DC demanded that the US Foreign Ministry to provide Moscow update Dmitry Vasiliev, former CEO Crypto Wex.
Russian State Intelligence Agency Tass He stated that the press service of the diplomatic mission confirmed that it had sent a formal request.
The service said the embassy “carefully monitors the situation around Dmitra Vasiliev.” He noted that Polish courts issued a Russian citizen at the request of the US authorities. “The spokesman said:
“We asked to provide location, health and procedural state of Vasiliev and procedural status of Vasiliev.”
Russian Embassy: We want updates to vasiliev
The service also demanded that Russian consular officers could meet Vasiliev under the conditions of the bilateral consular convention of 1964.
Vasiliev and others have set up Wex as a successor to exchange BTC-E. In 2018 he stopped trading. Closing was left by customers who could not gain access to Fiat and coins worth almost $ 0.5 billion.
The Embassy said that once he received information about Vasiliev, “he will immediately contact him and provide him with the necessary consular and legal assistance”.
The legal team of Vasilieva at the European Human Rights Court of Human Rights told Russian reporters last month that Polish officials deported their client from Warsaw in 2024.
At that time, Vasiliev was sought in the United States. The prosecutors claim to have managed criminal fraud and money washing.
Attorneys said that Vasiejev had been issued to the US “as part of a criminal case [the former BTC-e finance chief] Alexander Vinnik. “
US prosecutors accused $ 4 billion to $ 9 billion through the now extinct BTC-E cryptocurrency. The Greek police arrested him in 2017. The court then issued him to the US in August 2022.
In February this year, Vinnik was liberated in an exchange of prisoners with American teacher Marc Fogel. US prosecutors Shortly thereafter he canceled all fees against him.
The legal team added that Vasiliev can face up to 25 years in prison. The prosecutors filed two separate accusations against the exchange manager, the lawyers said.
Contribution The Russian Embassy requires the US State Department to provide updates to the Wex Director Dmitry Vasiliev He appeared for the first time Cryptonews.
