The DOJ, OFAC, FinCEN and the CFTC settled enforcement actions against Binance, its CEO and former CCO. The coordinated settlements addressed charges against the digital asset exchange for CFTC registration failures and for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and International Emergency Economic Powers Act sanctions programs.
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FinCEN assessed a $60 million dollar penalty against an operator of two convertible virtual currency exchangers, or "mixers," for violations of Bank Secrecy Act registration, program, and reporting requirements.
The DOJ announced that a District of Oregon grand jury charged four founders of a decentralized finance cryptocurrency investment platform with wire fraud for having allegedly perpetuated a crypto-related Ponzi and pyramid scheme that raised approximately $340 million from investors.
The DOJ charged the founder of two digital-asset companies with fraud and conspiracy for his role in a cryptocurrency investment scheme.
A federal court in the District of Massachusetts authorized the IRS to serve a "John Doe" summons on a Boston-based "digital currency exchanger" seeking information about as yet unidentified U.S. taxpayers who, from 2016 to 2020, conducted at least $20,000 in cryptocurrency transactions.