The co-founder and former chief technology officer of crypto peer-to-peer network Paxful faces charges related to violating the anti-money laundering (AML) requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).

Artur Schaback, of Estonia, pled guilty to one count of conspiring “to willfully fail to establish, develop, implement, and maintain an effective [AML] program as required by the Bank Secrecy Act,” the Department of Justice announced Monday in a press release.

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