Coin.mx Execs Arrested for Operating Illegal Bitcoin Exchange
This article has been updated with a signed complaint against Anthony Murgio. Two operators of the bitcoin exchange service Coin.mx are being charged by US prosecutors for working without a money transmission license. Anthony Murgio and Yuri Lebedev have been accused of operating Coin.mx in violation of federal anti-money laundering statutes. The charges were unveiled today by the US Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York. Murgio was charged with one count of money laundering and one count of willful failure to file a suspicious activity report. Both Murgio and Lebedev were....
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