An unknown person transferred all funds from the WEX cryptocurrency exchange to a new address. There was more than $ 30 million

An unknown person transferred all funds from the wallet of the WEX cryptocurrency exchange in the amount of 9,916 ETH (just over $ 30 million) to the new address. About it informs Forklog.

The transaction is currently awaiting confirmation.

The price of 1 Gas per translation is set at 20 Gwei with the recommended 84 Gwei. Gwei is a unit of measure for ETH. One ETH equals one billion Gwei. The more Gwei is given for 1 Gas, the faster the transaction will be completed.

“The fact that the transaction was carried out, giving only 20 Gwei, most likely speaks in favor of the fact that it was carried out by a person who is not very knowledgeable in crypto. For example, a random person who has become aware of the key, ”the publication of Indefibank CEO Sergei Mendeleev is quoted as saying.

As Forklog reminds, on September 15, an unknown person had already withdrawn 100 ETH from the wallet of the exchange ($ 345,385 at that time).

We will remind, on August 11 at the Warsaw airport the police detained the former owner of the WEX exchange Dmitry Vasiliev at the request of Kazakhstan. After that, he was arrested for 40 days by court order. Vasilyeva has been looking for Kazakhstan through Interpol for several years. In this country, a fraud case has been opened against him. The Polish prosecutor’s office is considering the decision to extradite Vasiliev.

Criminal cases have been opened against Vasiliev in Russia, Belarus and China. In all these countries, he is accused of stealing $ 450 million using the WEX exchange. According to the investigation, the money of investors from the EU countries, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan was stolen through it.

Since 2017, Vasiliev has been the director of a cryptocurrency exchange and the owner of the official legal entity of the company, registered in Singapore. In 2018, Vasiliev sold this legal entity to the family of businessman Dmitry Khavchenko. According to the BBC, Khavchenko fought in eastern Ukraine on the side of the separatists under the call sign “Sailor”.