In Spain, the former top manager of the EXMO crypto exchange and one of the most influential people in the crypto industry, Pavel Lerner, was detained
He is suspected of complicity in carrying out illegal operations for the Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange.
The Spanish media reported the other day that the Civil Guard detained in Barcelona and Valencia three citizens of Russia and Ukraine who are related to this crypto platform. “In the course of the operation, launched in France and covering five countries, six people were arrested, half of them in Spain. These are P.L., aged 45, and O.G., aged 25, both residents of Barcelona, and M.L., aged 26, he was in Valencia. The detainee in Valencia lived in a rented apartment and planned to leave Spain soon,” wrote Europa Press. Bitzlato co-founder Anton Shkurenko confirms arrest on YouTube lernerA.
Arrested Pavel lerner — a legend in the world of the cryptoindustry. He is known for being the co-founder and director of the EXMO cryptocurrency exchange. In 2018 lerner left EXMO for another exchange – Utorg. Another significant project that I was involved in lerner, is Monolith OS DAO, the first decentralized crypto-ruble – MCR coin with a soft peg to the Russian ruble in a ratio of 1: 1. According to the research portal Cryptolab, Pavel lerner is one of the world’s leading developers of analytical systems and a specialist in quantum computing. December 2017 lernerbut they were kidnapped in Ukraine by unknown people, and demanded a ransom of one million dollars in bitcoins. Having received a ransom, the kidnappers released the programmer.
