BitMEX founders fined $10M each for flouting AML rules
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Kyle Brasseur2022-02-25T15:01:00
Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo, co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange and derivative trading platform BitMEX, were each fined $10 million as part of guilty pleas for anti-money laundering violations under the Bank Secrecy Act.
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