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Co-founder of Liberty Reserve Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering in Manhattan Federal Court

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2013. Vladimir Kats, 41, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote to money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.  The charges stem from his role in running Liberty Reserve, a company that operated one of the world’s most widely used digital currency services and allegedly laundered more than $6 billion in suspected proceeds of crimes.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman…

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