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Parallel Criminal and Civil Enforcement Actions

The Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Money Laundering and Asset

Recovery Section, its National Security Division’s Counterintelligence & Export

Control Section, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington

today announced separate criminal actions in which Binance Holdings Limited has

pleaded guilty to criminal violations concerning unlicensed money transmitting

businesses, the Bank Secrecy Act, and U.S. sanctions laws, and Zhao has pleaded guilty

to intentionally causing Binance Holdings Limited to violate the Bank Secrecy Act by

failing to implement an effective anti-money laundering program.

Also, today, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a

consent order imposing a civil monetary penalty against Binance Holdings

Limited, Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, and Binance (Services) Holdings

Limited. Additionally, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced an

agreement with Binance Holdings Limited to resolve sanctions violations related to
Binance’s matching trades between U.S. users and those in sanctioned jurisdictions like

Iran, Syria, North Korea, and the Crimea region of Ukraine. The CFTC order recognizes

and credits certain payments made by Binance pursuant to the consent to assessment of

a civil monetary penalty entered by FinCEN. The four actions announced today, in

aggregate, require Binance to pay over $4.3 billion in criminal forfeiture, penalties, and

fines.

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8825-23

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