Russian founder of Bitzlato crypto exchange arrested in US
Sponsored
Sponsored
US Department of Justice accused founder of the little-known Hong Kong platform Bitzlato in laundering Russian funds. Anatoly Legkodymov was detained by US authorities in Miami on January 17th. On January 18, the Bitzlato team announced a hack and the withdrawal of part of the funds. A few hours later, the platform announced the suspension of the service. A stub appeared on the site of the trading platform about the suspension of work due to the intervention of the authorities. In Spain, Portugal and Cyprus, five more Bitzlato top managers, mostly citizens of Russia and Ukraine, were detained. Founder and
Cryptocurrency exchange platform Bitzlato reported a hack and shut down the service. In the initial publication, the team stated that the hackers withdrew some of the funds and asked users not to replenish deposits. The platform has suspended the withdrawal of assets. A few hours later, the developers confirmed hack…
Crypto exchange platform Bitzlato converted criminal assets worth about €1 billion ($1.08 billion). This is reported Europol. According to the department, transactions were carried out in bitcoins, Dash, Litecoin, as well as dollars and Russian rubles. In addition, Europol announced the arrest CEO, CFO and CMO Bitzlato in Spain and…