U.S. District Judge Eric Vitaliano of the Eastern District of New York. File photo. 'An Entrepreneur and a Visionary': US Judge Sentences Ex-Crypto Exchange Founder to Time Served
The judge explained that under the American Bar Association's "shadow guidelines"—an alternative the U.S. Sentencing Commission's guidelines—he felt Anatoly Legkodymov had already served a sentence in that range during pre-trial detention.
July 18, 2024 at 05:09 PM
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Cryptocurrency
The original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
The Russian founder of cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato was sentenced to time served on Thursday for running an unlicensed money-transmitting business that federal prosecutors say facilitated illegal activity.
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