According to a report by Golden Finance, Russian citizen and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato, Anatoly Legkodymov, pleaded guilty in 2023 and served 18 months in prison before requesting a federal pardon from US President Donald Trump. According to Russian state media TASS on Friday, Legodimov's legal team officially requested a presidential pardon from Trump after he pleaded guilty in December 2023. Legodimov was charged in January 2023, pleaded guilty in December 2023, and was sentenced to serve his sentence in July 2024, after being detained for about 18 months.