⚖️ Overnight, the 🇺🇸 Department of Justice worked with key partners here and abroad to disrupt 🇭🇰 Bitzlato Ltd, the 🇨🇳 China-based money laundering engine that fueled a high-tech axis of crypto crime, and to arrest its founder, 🇷🇺 Russian national Anatoly Legkodymov aka Anatolii Legkodymov aka Gandalf aka Tolik. Concurrent with the arrest announced today, 🇫🇷 French authorities, working with Europol and partners in 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇵🇹 Portugal, and 🇨🇾 Cyprus, dismantled Bitzlato’s digital infrastructure and took enforcement actions #usa #europe #france #spain #portugal #cyber #europol #cryptocurrency #tumbling #money #mixing #services #market #funds #darknet #police #justice #attorneys #informatique

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/founder-and-majority-owner-bitzlato-cryptocurrency-exchange-charged-unlicensed-money

• Lisa O. Monaco, Deputy Attorney General