What Federal Charges Against Bitzlato Mean for Cybercrime

Feds Say a Firm Nobody's Heard of Was Part of a 'High-Tech Axis of Crypto Crime'
When the DOJ announced a "major, international cryptocurrency enforcement action," observers expected to see charges against a well-known firm. Instead, the agency charged a lesser-known figure, Anatoly Legkodymov, the Russian founder of Bitzlato, with facilitating $700 million in illegal activity.

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