Us Money Laundering

The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday said it has seized cryptocurrency worth more than Rs 130 crore and arrested a Uttarakhand-based man as part of a drugs trafficking-linked money laundering probe initiated on the request of US authorities.

Changpeng Zhao, the former chief executive of Binance, was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to violating US laws against money laundering at the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange.

The founder of cryptocurrency firm Binance was sentenced to four months in US prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to money laundering charges, in the most high-profile crypto case since Sam Bankman-Fried was jailed.

US prosecutors want Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former chief executive of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, to serve three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to violating laws against money laundering.

KuCoin has been charged by US prosecutors along with two of its founders for failing to comply with US anti-money laundering rules. One of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, KuCoin was established in 201. It has now been charged with “wilfully failing” to establish and maintain a program to keep the platform from being used for illic...

Iraq has banned eight local commercial banks from engaging in U.S. dollar transactions, taking action to reduce fraud, money laundering and other illegal uses of U.S. currency days after a visit by a top U.S. Treasury official.

The United States on Wednesday sanctioned a crypto mixer that it said was serving as a money laundering tool used by hackers affiliated with the North Korean government.

Indian minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has warned crypto firms against misusing technology to flout laws and accomplish illegal activities. Chandrasekhar is the Union Minister of State for electronics and technology in India. The warning comes after Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to having violated the US’s anti money laundering policies...

Hamas uses a global financing network to funnel support from charities and friendly nations, including by using cryptocurrencies.

North Korea, cybercriminals, ransomware attackers, thieves and scammers are using decentralized finance (DeFi) services to transfer and launder their illicit proceeds, the US Treasury Department warned on Thursday. So-called DeFi platforms allow users to lend, borrow and save, usually in cryptoassets and stablecoins, without using banks.

Nikesh Ajay Patel of Florida was charged with 13 counts, including one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, three counts of wire fraud and eight counts of money laundering, the US Attorney's Office said.

Bitzlato Co-Founder Anatoly Legkodymov was arrested by US authorities in Miami on Tuesday on charges that he operated the exchange as an unlicensed money exchange business that "in his own words, catered to 'known crooks,'" according to US officials. Legkodymov's crypto exchange traded money with Hydra Market, an illicit online marketplace for narc...

Binance's proposed $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,250 crore) acquisition of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital has been opposed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to bankruptcy court filings. The regulator said the purchase agreement lacks details on the crypto exchange's ability to close the deal, asking for more ...

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried, who is out on bail in the US, pleaded not guilty to US criminal fraud charges over the collapse of the crypto exchange on Tuesday. He faces charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering and election finance violations. New York judge Lewis Kaplan has set a tentative date of October 2 for the trial to begin.

FTX's former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is said to plan to reverse his decision to contest his extradition to the US from the Bahamas. The move will pave the way for Bankman-Fried to be extradited to the US where he will appear before a court to face wire fraud, money laundering and campaign finance charges.

The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday said it has seized cryptocurrency worth more than Rs 130 crore and arrested a Uttarakhand-based man as part of a drugs trafficking-linked money laundering probe initiated on the request of US authorities.

Changpeng Zhao, the former chief executive of Binance, was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to violating US laws against money laundering at the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange.

The founder of cryptocurrency firm Binance was sentenced to four months in US prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to money laundering charges, in the most high-profile crypto case since Sam Bankman-Fried was jailed.

US prosecutors want Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former chief executive of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, to serve three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to violating laws against money laundering.

KuCoin has been charged by US prosecutors along with two of its founders for failing to comply with US anti-money laundering rules. One of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, KuCoin was established in 201. It has now been charged with “wilfully failing” to establish and maintain a program to keep the platform from being used for illic...

Iraq has banned eight local commercial banks from engaging in U.S. dollar transactions, taking action to reduce fraud, money laundering and other illegal uses of U.S. currency days after a visit by a top U.S. Treasury official.

The United States on Wednesday sanctioned a crypto mixer that it said was serving as a money laundering tool used by hackers affiliated with the North Korean government.

Indian minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has warned crypto firms against misusing technology to flout laws and accomplish illegal activities. Chandrasekhar is the Union Minister of State for electronics and technology in India. The warning comes after Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to having violated the US’s anti money laundering policies...

Hamas uses a global financing network to funnel support from charities and friendly nations, including by using cryptocurrencies.

North Korea, cybercriminals, ransomware attackers, thieves and scammers are using decentralized finance (DeFi) services to transfer and launder their illicit proceeds, the US Treasury Department warned on Thursday. So-called DeFi platforms allow users to lend, borrow and save, usually in cryptoassets and stablecoins, without using banks.

Nikesh Ajay Patel of Florida was charged with 13 counts, including one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, three counts of wire fraud and eight counts of money laundering, the US Attorney's Office said.

Bitzlato Co-Founder Anatoly Legkodymov was arrested by US authorities in Miami on Tuesday on charges that he operated the exchange as an unlicensed money exchange business that "in his own words, catered to 'known crooks,'" according to US officials. Legkodymov's crypto exchange traded money with Hydra Market, an illicit online marketplace for narc...

Binance's proposed $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,250 crore) acquisition of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital has been opposed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to bankruptcy court filings. The regulator said the purchase agreement lacks details on the crypto exchange's ability to close the deal, asking for more ...

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried, who is out on bail in the US, pleaded not guilty to US criminal fraud charges over the collapse of the crypto exchange on Tuesday. He faces charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering and election finance violations. New York judge Lewis Kaplan has set a tentative date of October 2 for the trial to begin.

FTX's former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is said to plan to reverse his decision to contest his extradition to the US from the Bahamas. The move will pave the way for Bankman-Fried to be extradited to the US where he will appear before a court to face wire fraud, money laundering and campaign finance charges.