{"id":"tp-2717","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Former Russian crypto executive arrested in Italy","author":"Melvin Alfred Wong","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2717","datePublished":"2019-07-22T10:46:09.000Z","dateModified":"2019-07-22T10:46:58.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"The former CEO of the crypto exchange WEX, which stopped its operations last year, has been arrested in Italy, Russian BBC outlet reported.","section":"Regulation","references":[{"title":"BBC","url":"https://www.bbc.com/russian/amp/news-49030535"},{"title":"came under regulatory scrutiny","url":"https://www.econotimes.com/Cryptocurrency-exchange-BTC-e-fined-110M-for-violating-AML-laws-824026"},{"title":"credited customers with lost funds","url":"https://decenter.org/en/the-scandalous-story-of-btc-e-wex-how-the-dead-keep-pulling-down-exchanges-from-the-world-of-the-living"},{"title":"CoinDesk","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/ex-ceo-of-crypto-exchange-wex-arrested-in-italy"},{"title":"sold","url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/report-troubled-crypto-exchange-wex-finds-new-owner/"},{"title":"https://t.co/tgyYI5ptqx","url":"https://t.co/tgyYI5ptqx"},{"title":"October 30, 2018","url":"https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1057080119385157632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"},{"title":"laundering","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-exchange-wex-linked-to-iranian-ransomware-operators"}]}