In a display of the United States' jurisdictional reach, the Justice Department has indicted KuCoin, a prominent global cryptocurrency exchange, along with founders Chun Gan and Ke Tang, for Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and...more
Two recent guilty pleas involving a cryptocurrency exchange serve as a reminder to all money services businesses (“MSBs”)—including those ostensibly located outside the United States but that conduct business there—of the...more
3/4/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
BitMEX ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
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Guilty Pleas ,
Know Your Customers ,
Money Services Business ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
Two recent guilty pleas involving a cryptocurrency exchange serve as a reminder to all money services businesses (“MSBs”)—including those ostensibly located outside the United States but that conduct business there—of the...more