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Post by sevenofnine on Jan 18, 2023 14:59:10 GMT -5
Busted ittt US authorities announced on Wednesday that they had arrested the owner of Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato for allegedly laundering hundreds of millions of dollars for criminals on the platform. Anatoly Legkodymov is a 40-year-old Russian national living in China. He was arrested in Miami and is due to appear in court for his first hearing later on Wednesday. "Today the Department of Justice dealt a significant blow to the cryptocrime ecosystem," US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco told a press conference, calling Bitzlato a "haven" for criminality. "Overnight, the department worked with key partners here and abroad to disrupt Bitzlato, the China-based money laundering engine that fueled a high-tech axis of cryptocrime," she said, adding that a joint operation with French, Cypriot, Portuguese a www.dw.com/en/us-arrests-russian-crypto-boss-for-running-criminal-haven/a-64443435
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