WASHINGTON, D.C.: Binance Holdings Ltd., the world s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, is to pay $4.3 billion for violations of anti-money laundering and sanctions laws in a settlement approved by a US judge on Friday.
NEW YORK: A federal judge on Monday ordered the former chief of cryptocurrency giant Binance, Zaho Changpeng, to remain at least temporarily in the United States after his guilty plea to money laundering charges. Zhao was not allowed to fly to the United Arab Emirates, where he lives, on Monday, according to a ruling by a federal judge in Seattle, which AFP viewed.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a statement of interest in U.S. District Court on Nov. 21 stating that an ordinance passed by the City of Brookings in 2021, which limits the number of days per week organizations can feed the hungry, may have “substantially burdened” a local church’s religious freedoms.