The former head of the Wex crypto exchange was detained in Croatia

The Interpol red card issued by the Kazakh authorities has again hit Dmitry Vasiliev, who was detained at the Zagreb airport.The ex-head of the Wex crypto exchange flew to Croatia from Spain, but was almost immediately detained. It is known that the basis was a request from Kazakhstan.

Vasiliev once again tried to prove to law enforcement agencies that he is not engaged in fraud, but acts as a political activist and fighter against the regime established in Russia. However, in Russia, China and Belarus, the authorities believe that he stole about €450 million from investors. At the same time, in Kazakhstan Vasiliev is accused of fraud in the amount of a little more than $ 20 thousand.

In 2019, the entrepreneur was detained in Italy, but he was released a few weeks later. During this time, local Interpol representatives found a significant number of errors and procedural violations in Vasiliev's case. Two years later, the former CEO of Wex was detained in Poland. But even here the necessary grounds for criminal prosecution against Vasiliev were not found.

Wex is a well–known cryptocurrency platform that began functioning in the fall of 2017.

In fact, the crypto exchange became the heir of a similar BTC-e exchange, having received data from its owners. Vasiliev's brainchild actively attracted the assets of clients. But by the end of 2018, Wex became bankrupt.

BTC-e was founded by Alexander Vinnik. The company operated from 2011 to 2017. After the arrest of Vinnik at the request of the United States and his charges of laundering from $4 to $9 billion, the electronic platform changed its name and became Wex. Vinnik, whose requests were sent by Russia and France, eventually got the latter. The financial entrepreneur received a sentence from Paris in the form of five years in prison.