{"id":44083,"date":"2023-01-19T05:35:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T09:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=44083"},"modified":"2023-01-19T05:35:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T09:35:40","slug":"binance-faces-money-laundering-accusation-in-connection-with-bitzlato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/binance-faces-money-laundering-accusation-in-connection-with-bitzlato\/","title":{"rendered":"Binance faces money laundering accusation in connection with Bitzlato"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-in-recent-news-binance-cryptocurrency-exchange-has-allegedly-been-affiliated-with-money-laundering-through-transactions-with-crypto-exchange-bitzlato\">In recent news, Binance cryptocurrency exchange has allegedly been affiliated with <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/ed-freezes-additional-crypto-funds-over-money-laundering-claims.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">money laundering<\/a> through transactions with crypto exchange  Bitzlato. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-23.png\" alt=\"Binance faces money laundering accusation in connection with Bitzlato\" class=\"wp-image-44090\" width=\"738\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-23.png 488w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-23-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-23-150x64.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Binance faces money laundering accusation in connection with Bitzlato<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The creator of Bitzlato, a Russian named Anatoly Legkodymov, has been charged with using the website to launder 700 million dollars. According to the U.S. Justice Department, these monies have been used to carry out criminal operations including gambling and the purchase of narcotics on the dark web. After that, he was detained on Tuesday in Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of Treasury said in an order that &#8220;about two-thirds of Bitzlato's top receiving and sending counterparties are linked with darknet marketplaces or scams.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the agency, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Binance+faces+money+laundering+accusation+in+connection+with+Bitzlato&rlz=1C1SQJL_enNG889NG889&oq=Binance+faces+money+laundering+accusation+in+connection+with+Bitzlato&aqs=chrome..69i57.474j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Binance served as the primary recipient of Bitcoins from Bitzlato <span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a>between May 2018 and September 2022. Two-thirds of Bitzlato's receiving and sending partners are linked to unlawful transactions with the dark web and other frauds, according to the Treasury Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TheFiniko, a Russian Ponzi scam, and Hydra, a Russian dark net market, have been identified as the second and third largest Bitcoin recipients, respectively. While the top 3 counterparties for transmitting were Hydra, Local Bitcoin of Finland, and TheFiniko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exchange has been cooperating and working with the authorities, according to the Binance spokeswoman. demonstrating their dedication to collaborating with <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/binance-restricted-tezos-tool-contributor-corporate-account-on-law-enforcement-request.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">law enforcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the U.S. Treasury Department, Bitzlato, a company situated in Hong Kong, is one of the main worries when it comes to Russia's illegal money. The corporation is reportedly connected to Russia on a number of occasions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent news, Binance cryptocurrency exchange has allegedly been affiliated with money laundering through transactions with crypto exchange Bitzlato. The creator of Bitzlato, a Russian named Anatoly Legkodymov, has been charged with using the website to launder 700 million dollars. According to the U.S. Justice Department, these monies have been used to carry out criminal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":44090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[326,13102,1406,1437],"class_list":["post-44083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto-exchange-news","tag-binance","tag-bitzlato","tag-crypto-exchange","tag-money-laundering"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-23.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}