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Peken Global Limited
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On 27 January 2025, Peken Global Limited, a Seychelles-based company operating the cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business.
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THE OFFSHORE EXCHANGE MEETS AMERICAN LAW
On 27 January 2025, Peken Global Limited, a Seychelles-based company operating the cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business.
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FAKE MARKETS
On 9 October 2024, federal prosecutors in Boston announced what they described as the first criminal charges against financial-services firms for market manipulation and wash trading in the cryptocurrency industry.
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THE $4.3 BILLION COMPLIANCE FAILURE
On 21 November 2023, Binance Holdings Limited, operator of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, pleaded guilty in the United States to criminal offences involving anti-money-laundering controls, unlicensed money transmission and san
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ONECOIN’S COMPLIANCE OFFICER
On 21 March 2023, U.S. prosecutors announced the extradition from Bulgaria of Irina Dilkinska, described as OneCoin’s former Head of Legal and Compliance.
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FROM NASSAU TO MANHATTAN: THE FALL OF FTX
On 22 December 2022, Samuel Bankman-Fried, founder and former chief executive of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrived in the United States following extradition from The Bahamas.
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THE LAWYER WHO MOVED $400 MILLION
On 25 January 2024, former international law-firm partner Mark S. Scott was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 10 years in prison for laundering approximately $400 million in proceeds from the OneCoin fraud scheme.
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THE $577 MILLION MINING MACHINE
On 13 February 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Estonian nationals Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin had pleaded guilty in federal court in Seattle to operating a massive cryptocurrency fraud scheme involving HashFlare, a
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