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1361 corrections across 106 of the 112 records in the index, in 956 fields.

In 10 of them the value recorded before and the value recorded after are the same. The audit dataset carries them that way and this log does not alter them.

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Bitzlato takedown Reported convicted count Not recorded 1 Anatoly Legkodymov pleaded guilty on 2023-12-06. Founder and Majority Owner of Bitzlato, a Cryptocurrency Exchange, Charged with Unlicensed Money Transmitting, Founder and Majority Owner of Cryptocurrency Exchange Pleads Guilty to Unlicensed Money Transmitting
Bitzlato takedown What happened afterward Not recorded Anatoly Legkodymov pleaded guilty on 2023-12-06 to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business and agreed to dissolve Bitzlato and relinquish claims to approximately USD 23 million in seized assets. No later official sentencing release was located in this pass. Verified current outcome through the latest located official source. Founder and Majority Owner of Bitzlato, a Cryptocurrency Exchange, Charged with Unlicensed Money Transmitting, Founder and Majority Owner of Cryptocurrency Exchange Pleads Guilty to Unlicensed Money Transmitting
Bitzlato takedown Reported apprehended count 1 5 The record counts only the one US arrest (Legkodymov) reported by DOJ. Europol's official aggregate for the same action day is five arrests across three countries. reported_* fields should carry the official aggregate. Bitzlato: senior management arrested
Bitzlato takedown Person actions/pa legkodymov arrested.occurred on 2023-01-18 2023-01-17 Release is dated Wednesday 2023-01-18 and says he was arrested 'last night', i.e. 2023-01-17. 2023-01-18 is the date the complaint was unsealed (already recorded on pa_legkodymov_charged). Founder and Majority Owner of Bitzlato, a Cryptocurrency Exchange, Charged with Unlicensed Money Transmitting
Bitzlato takedown People/person anatoly legkodymov.aliases Not recorded Anatolii Legkodymov, Gandalf, Tolik Three official aliases are missing. Founder and Majority Owner of Cryptocurrency Exchange Pleads Guilty to Unlicensed Money Transmitting
Bitzlato takedown People/person anatoly legkodymov.country of residence CN Not recorded Value cleared: not supported by any source located in this pass. Neither cited source states China as his residence. Bitzlato was Hong Kong-registered and DOJ called it 'China-based', but that is the company. The cited EDNY release places Legkodymov himself in Miami in 2022-2023. Founder and Majority Owner of Bitzlato, a Cryptocurrency Exchange, Charged with Unlicensed Money Transmitting
Bitzlato takedown What happened afterward Anatoly Legkodymov pleaded guilty on 2023-12-06 to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business and agreed to dissolve Bitzlato and relinquish claims to approximately USD 23 million in seized assets. No later official sentencing release was located in this pass. Anatoly Legkodymov pleaded guilty on 2023-12-06 to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business and agreed to dissolve Bitzlato and relinquish claims to approximately USD 23 million in seized assets. He was sentenced on 2024-07-18 to time served plus two years of supervised release (judgment entered 2024-07-30, EDNY 1:23-cr-00496). In 2025 the United States filed an extradition complaint on behalf of France seeking his surrender (W.D. Pa. 2:25-mc-00123), and the court issued an opinion and certification of extraditability. Sentence recovered from the EDNY docket via the CourtListener RECAP search API. The extradition proceeding is docketed as 'EXTRADITION OF ANATOLII LEGKODYMOV', W.D. Pa. 2:25-mc-00123, whose entry 26 reads 'OPINION AND CERTIFICATION re 2 COMPLAINT for Extradition filed by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA on behalf of the Government of France, which seeks to extradite Anatolii Legkodymov to France.'. United States v. LEGKODYMOV
Bitzlato takedown Legal cases/case us v bitzlato legkodymov.status Guilty plea entered 2023-12-06; no later official sentencing release located in this audit Pleaded guilty 2023-12-06; sentenced 2024-07-18 to time served plus two years supervised release; judgment entered 2024-07-30; case closed The case did not stall at the plea. Docket 1:23-cr-00496 (E.D.N.Y., Judge Eric N. Vitaliano) and magistrate 1:23-mj-00017 both match the record's '23-CR-496 (ENV)' and '23-MJ-17'. United States v. LEGKODYMOV
Bitzlato takedown Name Bitzlato / Operation Cryptostorm Bitzlato takedown Value cleared: not supported by any source located in this pass. Neither DOJ release nor the Europol release uses an operation name, and Europol's own structured 'operations' tag for this article is 'Other' rather than a named operation. 'Cryptostorm' appears only in secondary commentary. Retained only if an official source can be produced. Bitzlato: senior management arrested
Bitzlato takedown Geographic scope Not recorded US, FR, ES, PT, CY, BE, NL, HK The field is absent from the record. HK is included because DOJ describes Bitzlato as 'a Hong Kong-registered cryptocurrency exchange'; drop it if scope means enforcement jurisdictions only. Bitzlato: senior management arrested
Bitzlato takedown Person actions/pa legkodymov plea.charges Not recorded Operating an unlicensed money transmitting business that transported and transmitted illicit funds Charges empty; court_name null and should be the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Plea date and case number are confirmed exactly. Founder and Majority Owner of Cryptocurrency Exchange Pleads Guilty to Unlicensed Money Transmitting
Bitzlato takedown People/person anatoly legkodymov.notes Founder of Bitzlato., Arrested in Miami; later pleaded guilty. Founder of Bitzlato., Arrested in Miami; later pleaded guilty., Released from Bureau of Prisons custody (MDC Brooklyn) on 2024-07-19, BOP register 40111-510., A U.S. extradition complaint on behalf of France was filed in the Western District of Pennsylvania on 2025-02-10 (2:25-mc-00123); the magistrate judge issued an opinion and certification of extraditability on 2025-09-23. Nothing after the December 2023 plea is recorded. BOP shows his U.S. custody ended 2024-07-19 and a French extradition proceeding has since been certified. Microsoft Corporation v. Does, No. 2:11-cv-00222 (W.D. Wash.) docket record
Bitzlato takedown Infrastructure items/infra bitzlato servers.action seized disabled Neither official source says the French servers were seized. Europol says the digital infrastructure was 'taken down'; DOJ says French authorities 'dismantled Bitzlato's digital infrastructure'. Asset seizures in this operation are described separately (crypto wallets, vehicles, equipment). Bitzlato: senior management arrested
Bitzlato takedown Sources/src doj bitzlato 2023.title Bitzlato dismantled; founder Anatoly Legkodymov charged Founder and Majority Owner of Bitzlato, a Cryptocurrency Exchange, Charged with Unlicensed Money Transmitting Recorded title is an invented paraphrase describing what the source supposedly shows; the real page headline differs. Founder and Majority Owner of Bitzlato, a Cryptocurrency Exchange, Charged with Unlicensed Money Transmitting

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