Binance Identified as Counterparty to Anatoly Legkodymov’s Bitzlato Alleged Money Laundering Scheme
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has been identified as a counterparty to the little-known exchange Bitzlato, which is now facing money laundering charges in the US. The controversy surroun...
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The controversy surrounding Bitzlato now also involves Binance, after the US Department of the Treasury wrote in an order that Binance was Bitzlato’s top receiving counterparty of bitcoin (BTC) between May 2018 and September 2022....
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