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The founder and majority owner of a cryptocurrency exchange, Bitzlato Ltd. (Bitzlato), was arrested on January 17th, 2023 in Miami for his alleged operation of a money transmitting business that transported and transmitted illicit funds and that failed to meet U.S. regulatory safeguards, including anti-money laundering requirements. Anatoly Legkodymov, 40, a Russian national who resides in Shenzhen, People's Republic of China, was then arraigned in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. French authorities and the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) took concurrent enforcement actions.