Anatoly Legkodymov asks the crypto community to help find guarantors in the US

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The former co-founder of the crypto exchange Bitzlato asks the crypto community to help find US citizens who will agree to act as guarantors for him in court.

The Russian was detained two months ago inUnited States and was sent into custody pending the outcome of the trial on the money laundering case. On Thursday, March 23, Legkodymov appealed to the community through the media for help.

United States law allowsleave prison before a decision on the case is made, if the defendant has guarantors, Legkodymov’s lawyers explain. The Russian’s team of associates encourages those wishing to provide assistance to write to
Telegram:

“The crypto community knows Anatoly as a decent, law-abiding person and wants to help him get out of prison on bail until the end of the trial.”

User activity Anatoly Legkodymov onThe forum Bitcointalk.org can be traced back to 2011, on the Bits.media forum - since 2016. Anatoly Legkodymov and his partners created the future Bitzlato in the mid-1990s as a telegram cryptocurrency exchanger called ChangeBot. Over the course of several years, the project expanded to “a single crypto platform, including an exchange, a p2p exchanger, a mining pool and secure wallets.” 

Bitzlato ceased operations on January 18, 2023year, at the same time it became known about the detention of the co-founder. On March 1, the crypto exchange, which is accused by foreign law enforcement of money laundering, announced on its Telegram channel that investors can begin to withdraw funds.