Anatoli Legkodimov, Russian National CEO and former in the exchange of cryptocurrencies, asked the Federal Amnesty from US President Donald Trump after acknowledging the guilt in 2023 and serving 18 months in prison.
According to a Friday report issued by the Russian government media Tass, the Legkodymov team officially requested Trump from the presidential amnesty after admitting that he was guilty of operating unlicensed money transfer work. LEGKODYMOV was charged in January 2023, and he admitted that he was guilty in December, and he was sentenced to prison time in July 2024 after he was held for 18 months.
anatole […] “It has become a target in a political campaign against the talented Russian encryption market and programmers,” said Ivan Milnikov, Vice -President of the Russian Branch of the International Committee for Human Rights, said Tas.
According to his indictment, Legkodymov was part of a process that facilitated the transfer of illegal money through his role in Bitzlato. The American authorities claimed that hundreds of millions of dollars flowed from Bitzlato to Market Dark Web Hydra, and the stock exchange received about $ 15 million connected to ransom attacks.
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According to what was reported, the French authorities were trying to hand over Legkodymov to confront similar charges after his time in the United States. It is not clear whether Trump has received an amnesty request or whether he will act on him.
Cointelegraph arrived at the White House for comment but did not receive a response at the time of publication.
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Pardon the encryption industry personalities who have admitted guilty or convicted
Since he took office in January, Trump has released at least 58 presidential pardon. Among them was the founder of Silk Road Ross Olbrecht, who was facing a federal prison sentence, and four former executives for the exchange of cryptocurrencies: Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Dello, Gregory Dawayer and Samuel Reed.
The former CEO of Binance Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said in May that he applied for a pardon from Trump. Zhao acknowledged that he was guilty of one felony in November 2023 as part of a deal between the American authorities and Binance. He served four months in prison.
Reports indicated that the former FTX CEO Sam Bangan Farid is also trying to secure a federal pardon from Trump by talking about conservative news means and developing the Democratic Party. Bankman-Fric was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2024 and was harvested at the Federal Correctional Foundation on the terminal as of Friday.
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