Russian authorities have released the recently arrested co-founder of crypto exchange Bitzlato, said to have processed illicit funds worth millions of U.S. dollars. Anton Shkurenko, who was questioned in Moscow, denies the French charges against him that became the reason for his brief detention.
Shkurenko Says Potential Case Against Him in Russia Won’t Interfere With Bitzlato Relaunch
Russian prosecutors have asked France to send materials from its investigation into the seized digital asset exchange Bitzlato in order to determine whether to initiate additional proceedings in Russia, the platform’s co-founder Anton Shkurenko revealed to crypto media.
The trading platform was targeted in an international law enforcement operation last month when French authorities took down its website and established control over its servers while its other co-founder and majority owner, Anatoly Legkodymov, was arrested in Miami.
At the time, the U.S. said that the Hong Kong-registered Bitzlato, better known to Russian traders, had processed $700 million of illicit funds between 2018…