Bitzlato

Amid a significant increase in crypto-related crime over the past four years, Eun Young Choi, the newly appointed head of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) cryptocurrency enforcement division, has pledged to fortify the crackdown on illicit activities in the digital asset sector. This...

A group of bipartisan senators has accused Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, of enabling "illegal financial activity" and avoiding regulatory measures in a letter addressed to the company's CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao and Binance.US President and CEO...

Anton Shkurenko, the co-founder of the now-defunct Russian cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato, spoke out against money laundering allegations made by U.S. and EU authorities. Despite being briefly detained by police in Moscow for an ID check, Shkurenko denied any active criminal cases...

Spanish authorities, in collaboration with several other countries, arrested the CEO, sales executive and marketing director of cryptocurrency platform Bitzlato for their alleged involvement in money laundering. What Happened: A total of six people were apprehended, all of whom were...

The co-founder of Bitzlato, a Hong Kong-based crypto exchange that faced money laundering charges and had its servers seized in an international operation, has announced that the company plans to resume operations and allow partial withdrawals. Anton Shkurenko stated in a Russian YouTube interview...

Crypto giant Binance reportedly processed almost $346 million in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) for the Bitzlato digital currency exchange, the founder of which was arrested by U.S. authorities last week for allegedly running a "money laundering engine," according to blockchain data,...

Cryptocurrency followers have been left a bit confused after the Justice Department said it had shut down a little-known China-based cryptocurrency exchange named Bitzlato. What Happened: Bitzlato founder Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national who lives in China, was...

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said on Wednesday the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will not only target hackers, fraudsters and criminals that mask their profits in cryptocurrency but also unleash its full force on illicit actors and entities that support cyber criminals...