The case of the WEX crypto -tank: Alexei Bilyuchenko awarded a meager term and a fine – Bits Media

The co -founder of the WEX crypto -tank accused of embezzlement of several billion rubles tried to ask for condescension from the President of the Russian Federation - and the state prosecution asked not the most strict punishment, which the judge additionally softened.

This became known on Wednesday, 20 september, on
hearings in the Meshchansky district court of the city of Moscow, thanks to the journalist present on the spot
Irecou Murtazinu.

WEX collapsed in 2018 year, As the heiress of the largest trading platform BTC-E, Customer losses were estimated in different ways, The most impressive was the assessment in 16 billion rubles. The only defendant, Arrested a year and a half ago Alexey Bilyuchenko (replaced the surname to "Ivanov" on the eve of the detention), long before the start of the court found guilty.

At the first meeting 6 September, the state prosecution read out the testimony of Bilyuchenko, Of which it followed, that the accused was listed as a WEX system administrator. But at the same time, he somehow controlled huge financial resources, Renting to security forces and other people, promised patronage. Losses of WEX owners in the documents of the court are estimated at 3,17 billion rubles. Owners are affiliated with Russian billionaire Konstantin Malofeev.

At the second and last court session 20 September became known, that the defendant turned to President Vladimir Putin and Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu with a request to let him out from the guard, release from punishment and send "to the zone of a special military operation". Bilyuchenko tried to explain his impulse to his childhood in military towns, the status of the son of an officer and the desire to "be on the advanced struggle against the head raising his head". The court introduced copies of letters to the case.

However, the state prosecution in the person of the prosecutor asked for Ivanov-Bilyuchenko 4,5 year in a general regime colony and a fine in 1 Million rubles under the article 160 UK RF ("Raster"). Judge Varvara Oganov 13.45 She announced a break, To bear the final sentence.

And after about two hours he announced him: three and a half years of the colony and all 500 000 Relief of a fine. About that, that the defense of the defendant is going to dispute this soft verdict - it was not announced. In addition, Bilyuchenko-Ivanov has already served in jail and, considers Irek Murtazin observing the process, It can now write a petition for conditionally early release.

Punishment for Alexei Bilyuchenko fits into the forecast, which was given by Bits.Media experts observing the case. In exchange for an inconspicious punishment, the co-founder of WEX can theoretically give some other part of the funds and stay in Russia, Continuing to be the object of customer assets..

“There is a strange passage in the court’s sentence about that, that the arrest from the accounts and real estate of the Red Admin (Bilyuchenko. — Bits. media) will not be removed before the calculation with all the declining (Not victims)», - remarked the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange of Garantex Sergey Mendeleev.

And suggested that the victims of the collapse of the WEX draw up a collective lawsuit: “Ready to do, just in case".

Alexey Bilyuchenko remains in the wanted list of the FBI. American law enforcement officers consider the Russian together with his partner Alexander Vinnik the creators of the BTC-E Exchange, Many billions of criminally acquired dollars that have been laundered. Vinnik still in 2017 He was detained, then extracted to the United States and he can face before 55 Years of prison - although he, Judging by the latest actions of lawyers, can go on the trace with the investigation.

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