Robinhood Crypto anticipates $10M penalty for cyber, AML failures
By 
Jaclyn Jaeger2021-07-07T18:26:00
Robinhood Markets said its cryptocurrency platform might face a penalty of “at least” $10 million from the New York State Department of Financial Services for anti-money laundering and cyber-security failures.
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