DOJ latest agency to charge crypto platform BitMEX for BSA/AML failures
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Aaron Nicodemus2024-07-12T16:57:00
The parent company of crypto-trading platform BitMEX is again facing charges of violating the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the latest in a string of punishments against the company and its founders for failing to implement adequate know your customer and anti-money laundering (AML) programs.
HDR Global Trading, incorporated on the island of Seychelles, pled guilty to one count of violating the BSA, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in press release Wednesday.
From 2015-20, BitMEX operated a cryptocurrency trading platform “without any meaningful [AML] program,” as required by the BSA, the DOJ said.
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