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>All in all, there a strong suggestion that he participated in money laundering and was involved in the whole scheme.

Well duh, anyone involved in the Bitcoin community was very well aware of this. BTC-e has been flagrantly disregarding AML and KYC laws for it's entire existence.

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Lots of people in Bitcoin hate KYC and AML laws, and consider them invasive. I am one of these people.

In itself, it's not an indicator of wrongdoing.

Hating KYC/AML law may not be a strong indicator of legal wrongdoing; breaking it, OTOH, is not merely an indicator of legal wrongdoing, but is itself such wrongdoing.

Breaking the law is an indicator of criminal behavior, whether you like the law or not.

Yes it is. The laws were legitimately passed; agree or not, citizens have a duty to follow them, or else protest them directly if they find them onerous enough.

Except potentially breaking the law.

I don't know what you're getting at here? We're not discussing wrongdoings, but violations of the law.

BTC-e was operating illegally for a very long time and everyone knew this.

If your dislike of KYC and AML laws led you to believe that BTC-e was on solid legal ground, then you're simply stupid.

Btc-e is currently under 'unplanned maintenance' [1], does anyone know if it has something to do with this?.

[1] https://btc-e.com/

>A Russian national arrested in Greece on Wednesday on suspicion of laundering criminal funds by switching them into bitcoins is a key person behind the BTC-e crypto-currency exchange, two sources close to the exchange told Reuters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-russia-arrest-bitco...

Almost certainly. BTC-e always describes any and all issues as "maintenance".

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