The creator of Liberty Reserve, a digital currency exchange that traded predecessors to Bitcoin, has just received a 20-year prison sentence for the $6 billion money laundering operation.
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The creator of Liberty Reserve, a digital currency exchange that traded predecessors to Bitcoin, has just received a 20-year prison sentence for the $6 billion money laundering operation.
On Thursday, 31st of October, 41-year-old Vladimir Kats, Brooklyn, New York issued a plea at a federal court before US district judge Denise L. Cote. Kats may receive the maximum sentence for each charge, which will lead him to a 75 years imprisoned.